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Award of Excellence in Education to Owen Glennon - Presentation
History
Trustee Daniel Calandriello will present an Award of Excellence in Education to Orland Park resident Owen Glennon. Mr. Glennon has taught at Marist High School for forty-one years and also coached the Math Team to the top ranking in the state among Catholic Schools. He is a member of the content advisory board and resources team preparing the textbook, "Calculus for the AP Course" published by Bedford, Freeman & Worth, which is available for the 2017-2018 school year.
Mr. Glennon submitted more than 500 solutions for the Teacher's Solutions Manual which offers solutions and advice on approaches to problems and issues faced by Advanced Placement Calculus teachers. He is working up 65 videos of AP Calculus problems currently being reviewed by math professors and AP Calculus graders. Once done, they will be available to AP Calculus students and teachers.
In the summer of 2015, Mr. Glennon cycled 1,000 miles over two weeks and raised more than $70,000 for the benefit of Marist students.