As chairperson of  Tyrone High's English Department, I'm proud that my alma mater is Blair County's first National Blue Ribbon High School. I collaborate with a creative and caring cadre of teachers who embrace the mission to be role models, to engage students, and to treat them as if they were our own--because in a genuine sense, they are.  Consistently in the state's Top 10 for producing student growth, the results of our department's approaches speak for themselves.