September 12, 2004

Each month we are excited to bring you a personal story from someone within our own community who shares our passion about what StoneBridge School is and does. We hope you will find these words encouraging and inspiring. If you have something you'd like to share, please e-mail us.

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An Enduring Partnership With Students

Emiley Erb
StoneBridge Alumnus, Class of 1997

"When I graduated from StoneBridge in 1997, I found that I was extremely prepared for college. I knew how to study, how to govern my time, and even how to carry myself in a manner befitting my faith, my parents, and my education.

In 2001, I graduated from Carson-Newman College with a degree in music. After much soul-searching and prayer, I turned in my application to StoneBridge and prayed for direction. The rest, as they say, is history. I became the new third grade teacher and the first StoneBridge High School graduate to teach at the school.

I have been blessed with colleagues who are at the height of their craft. They have an abundance of love and respect for those they teach and for one another. Through them, I have learned that great education requires a good deal of time and energy. A professor of mine used to say, 'If you are not tired by the end of the day, then you are not giving enough of yourself.'  As a teacher I have learned that I cannot expect my students to be engaged in learning if I am not engaged in teaching. Teaching is a partnership with students that you carry with you forever."