A North Vancouver high school teacher has received a national award for her dedication to nurturing young leaders.
Argyle secondary’s Kathy Mulder is the recipient of the Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award, which was introduced in 2015. The award is sponsored by the Loran Scholars Foundation, which every year selects the top 30 of approximately 4,000 applicants across Canada as Loran Scholars. These students go on to university with a full, four-year scholarship, as well as mentorship and a summer internship program. They are able to express their gratitude to a former teacher by presenting them with a Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award.
Argyle grad Laura Thorne was named a Loran Scholar in 2011 and nominated Mulder for one of this year’s teaching awards.
In a written statement, Thorne, who took Mulder’s Literature 12 class as a Grade 11 student, said Mulder is the “single best educator” she has encountered.
“She teaches with outstanding integrity, enthusiasm, and commitment, both towards her subject matter and her students,” Thorne wrote. “Her instruction inspires confidence, intelligent critical thinking, and engagement, which positively influence her students’ lives in unquantifiable ways.”
Each recipient of the Loran Teachers Building Leaders Award receives a certificate as well as a congratulatory letter from Gov. Gen. David Johnston.
Mulder accepted her award at Argyle’s graduation ceremony in June.
