Dr. Sara Henry McCoy was presented with the 2006 Nichols Foundation High School Chemistry Teacher Award at the annual Section-wide Conference of the New York Section on January 20, 2007 at St. John’s University. This award was established in 1958 by Charles W. Nichols, Sr. to recognize highly effective teaching and inspirational leadership to students in chemistry. It is presented annually to an outstanding high school chemistry teacher in the ACS, New York Section.

Dr. Sara McCoy received her BA in chemistry from Hanover College, Indiana; her MA in physics from the College of William and Mary, Virginia and a PhD in Science Education from teachers College. Columbia University. In her forty-four years of teaching, Sara has taught in ten schools along the East and West Coast of the United States as she traveled with her husband, who was a Naval Officer. She taught at the Naval Academy in Newport, as well as, public, private and independent schools and community colleges. She brought her diverse experiences to the Collegiate School in New York City, where she has taught for the past twelve years. The Collegiate School is an independent school, grades K-12. Sara teaches Chemistry and AP Chemistry. Her students have participated in the Chemistry Olympiad and Chemagination. Sara recently brought two posters created by her Chemagination students to the Middle Atlantic Regional Meeting and they were first place winners. Sara’s students compete in the New York State Science Olympiad. For the past five years her students have participated in the State level competition at West Point and for two years have won the small school award. Thank you, Sara, for your enthusiasm for chemistry and for encouraging the creative nature of your students.