Greenwich Hospital received an “A” grade and is one of the safest hospitals in the United States for a second consecutive year, according to The Leapfrog Group, an independent national patient safety watchdog group.
According to a news release, “Greenwich Hospital fosters a culture of safety through daily safety huddles with senior staff, unit-based safety coaches and hospital-wide quality rounds conducted by leaders. All staff, physicians and volunteers complete high reliability training adapted from the aviation and other high-risk industries. Another safety initiative includes a video falls risk monitoring program.”
The Leapfrog Group uses an academic grading scale with five letter grades to score nearly 3,000 hospitals nationwide on more than 30 measures of patient safety. Leapfrog says its hospital rating system is the only one in the country focusing solely on a hospital’s ability to protect patients from preventable errors.
WMS teacher picked for Disney program
Western Middle School teacher Elisabeth Catanzaro has been selected as one of 100 exceptional teachers nationwide to attend Disney Imagination Campus during Teacher Appreciation Week in May. She was selected based on problem-solving skills, student impact, innovation, creativity and optimism.
Disney Imagination Campus offers educational experiences for visiting student groups at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida and Disneyland Resort in California. The collection of interactive workshops, performances and special events involve a variety of subjects, including performing arts, science, technology, arts, humanities, leadership and innovation.
To be one of the 100 teachers selected, an essay had to be submitted to Disney Creative Campus. Potential candidates had to demonstrate how they bring wonder, creativity and imagination to life through their teaching and describe ways in which it has inspired students in new ways.
Greenwich residents initiated into Phi Kappa Phi
The following people recently were initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines: Elizabeth Jamieson of Greenwich at Fordham University and Anna Weiksner of Riverside at University of Maryland, College Park.
They are among about 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.
North Street School teacher gets fellowship
North Street School fourth grade teacher Shannon Beckley has received a Fund For Teacher 2023 Fellowship. She will be traveling with fellow FFT recipient and husband Dr. Jeffrey Beckley Jr. from Norwalk’s Jefferson Marine Science Elementary School to French Polynesia.
They will visit Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora. They plan to work with other marine biologists, scuba dive, go humpback whale watching, speak to scientists at the Gump Research Station run by the University of California, Berkeley and much more, according to a new release.
