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The Regency Denville, N.J.
No. 18 Vol. 3
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March 2020
Valleyview Middle School Teacher Named Outstanding Environmental Educator 2019
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By Steve Sears are, humility, knowledge, and hard work define Valleyview Middle School Science teacher Lydia Stiles, who was recently named Outstanding Environmental Educator 2019 by the ANJEE Excellence in Environmental Education Awards. She and other winners were honored on Friday, January 24, 2020. Established in 1985, Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education (ANJEE) provides a networking forum for New Jersey's environmental educators. The organization consists of dedicated individuals whose time, energy, and resources are devoted to facilitating the advancement of environmental education locally, statewide, and globally. Stiles, 45, who with her husband is a parent to a daughter Mackenzie, 18, and a son Nate, 16, was raised in suburban Maryland. “It was pretty much
like this,” she says while waving out the window at the Denville environment. “That was my growing up. I always loved to be outside, never really wanted to be inside – and the family dynamics were a part of that – I was happiest outside. I think it’s about being healthy and maintaining happiness. It was all of that: that freedom for observation, and the excitement in the small discoveries.” She also says there’s a particular beauty, and it’s not only just in the colors of flowers and plants of wildlife. “There’s a beauty in being able to predict what’s going happen to that regular rhythm of nature, and also being able to notice the changes and the differences. Sometimes that’s disturbing and upsetting, but also kind of neat that you pick up on that kind of stuff.” The award means much to Stiles. When it was first announced that she had won, she was surprised and was very grateful. She had
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a nice confidence booster. I think it’s pretty meaningful to have my administration and fellow teachers be supportive of what we’re taking on. That certainly means a lot. That aspect of it probably in a sense is the most significant, that little validation that ‘this is something we want you to continue doing and push for the good of our kids.’” continued on page 4
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