Linda Billotti, a Middletown High School graduate currently attending the University of Maryland, is honored by the Merrill Presidential Scholars Program as one of the University of Maryland’s most successful seniors.
The program recognizes the influence of teachers on students and encourages aspiring teachers.
Billotti chose to honor MHS child development teacher Gretchen Martin as her teacher mentor.
“In her course I was able to examine how I wanted to work with children and understand better how to teach them through various developmental stages,” she says. “Mrs. Martin’s courses validated my desire to work with young children.”
