Lenore Schneider was a beloved teacher who adored all her students. She began teaching in the middle school in New Canaan and while she also taught at the college level, she found her niche at New Canaan High School where she specialized in Advanced Placement European History and Advanced Placement World History and came to be considered an expert by many. The College Board invited Lenore to be one of three teachers nationwide to be on the AP European History Test Development Committee. She scored the essays of the national AP exams for both history courses, served on a College Board Advisory Board, and trained AP teachers in fifteen states, and overseas. She contributed to several textbooks, published articles in history journals and gave numerous presentations, including at national conferences. 

 

Dr. Schneider also mentored teachers in the New Canaan School District. She contributed to the development of the Connecticut State Certification Programs and over the course of her career helped New Canaan district mentors to guide hundreds of beginning teachers to success. She helped to develop and served in the New Canaan High School Writing Center and the Independent Study program and served in several administrative positions.

 

She will be sorely missed by her friends, family, colleagues, and students as well as those she was not even aware she touched with her kindness and goodness.