By Toni Stevens-Oliver and Vicki Masters Profitt
October 10, 2023, 7:00 p.m.
GCSD Transportation & Support Service Facility, 1790 Latta Rd., Greece
In this presentation, teacher Toni Stevens-Oliver and historian Vicki Masters Profitt will describe the partnership they have built over the last several years. Using Project Based Learning (PBL), they collaborated on guiding students in creating books or websites that talk about the history of their town, Pittsford. Using primary source documents, students research, write, and illustrate their work, which is then published with fanfare for the community to enjoy.
Using primary source documents, students research, write, and illustrate their work, which is then published with fanfare for the community to enjoy. Toni Stevens-Oliver is a fourth-grade teacher at Thornell Road School in Pittsford. She is also the VP of her hometown Historical Society in Canisteo. Vicki Masters Profitt is Deputy Town Historian in Pittsford and is also employed by the Perinton Historical Society as Director of the Fairport Museum.
Attention Greece CSD Teachers: You can earn Professional Learning (PL) hours for attending this event. Be sure to follow the PL process through Frontline.
Toni Stevens-Oliver is a fourth-grade teacher at Thornell Road School in Pittsford. She is also the vice president of her hometown historical society in Canisteo. Her passion is local history and working with students to tell the stories of their community.
Vicki Masters Profitt is a fifth generation Rochesterian, whose enthusiasm for cemeteries was the impetus for her career as an historian. Vicki serves as deputy town historian in Pittsford and is also employed by the Perinton Historical Society as director of the Fairport Museum.
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