The Holmes Family Faculty Chair: Cyndi Vitti
Cyndi, our early childhood science teacher, has been at NCCS for 27 years. She also has amongst the deepest roots at NCCS: her father, as a young boy of 12, approached the dairy farmers who were on this land and requested to be their milk delivery boy. He lived his entire life within a few short steps of campus and was a local historian par excellence. Even Mark Macrides likely learned something about the history of this place from him.
Cyndi’s colleagues share that “She constantly impresses me with her quiet but effective leadership with our students. She is like the Mother Goose of the Thacher building. She calmly gathers her students together to experience an informative and exciting science lesson. The oo’s and aah’s that float through her classes are indicative of her ability to captivate her young students’ attention.
In addition to her amazing work with our students, she also manages the well being of all of our finned, furry, and feathered friends on campus. Her care with our students and with our animals is impressive and is felt all the way through the School.”
Many families share that their children regularly come home to report what they learned in science with the family, such is the way that Cyndi captivates students’ attention with her teaching style and her genuine love of nature and science.
Cyndi’s chill, never ruffled; quiet, yet firm way draws students in, and her work behind the scenes to make sure science is also happening in the classrooms other than hers - like getting all the materials to raise the butterflies, ensures that students leave the Thatcher building with a deep understanding of - and usually a love for - the building blocks of science. And, of course, she is the engine behind one of the hallmarks of the Thatcher year - the incubating and raising of chicks.
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