Kudos for educator who’s still teaching at 100
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This article was published 03/05/2018 (2694 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Isabella Dryden is still ticking — and teaching — and is being recognized for it.
The 100-year-old educator, who still teaches three afternoons a week at Creative Retirement Manitoba, has been awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers for her contributions to her community.
The medal recognizes exceptional volunteer efforts by Canadians and is bestowed by the Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette.
A date for a ceremony has not yet been set.
Dryden, who takes a bus downtown to her two-hour classes, was profiled a year ago in the Free Press.
She teaches computers to seniors. She described teaching as a creative act and a calling.
Dryden started teaching in a one-room schoolhouse near Virden in 1937. She ended her formal career working for the Department of Education as supervisor of business education. She’s been teaching on a volunteer basis for the past 35 years.
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Updated on Thursday, May 3, 2018 6:20 AM CDT: Adds photo