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7 teachers, 2 schools get youth science awards
TweetHubbard High School and St. Christine School were selected.
STAFF REPORT
COLUMBUS — Two Mahoning Valley schools and teachers from those schools were among the selected 73 schools and 209 teachers selected by the Ohio Academy of Science to receive Governor’s Awards for Excellence in Youth Science Opportunities for their accomplishments during the 2007-08 school year.
Ohio Department of Education will issue special Governor’s Award certificates.
Local schools and teachers honored are:
UHubbard High School: William Hart, Laura McCleery, Maria Pizanias, Tiffany Bendersky, Bob Williams and Irene Pizanias.
USt. Christine School, Youngstown: Marie Viglio.
“These schools are engaged in project-based curricula, the central element of any STEM education program,” said Lynn Elfner, the academy’s CEO. STEM is short for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
“Whole new worlds of opportunities open up to students when they complete research or technological design projects,” Elfner continued.
To qualify for the Governor’s Award, each school conducted a local science fair with 20 or more students, sent one or more of these students to one of the academy’s 16 district science days, and involved students in one or more youth science opportunities beyond the classroom such as State Science Day, visits to museums, mentorship programs and extended field trips.
The academy initiated this educational partnership program in cooperation with governor’s office and the ODE to recognize schools and teachers who stimulate student scientific research and extend science education opportunities beyond traditional classroom activities.
The Technology Division of the Ohio Department of Development has supported this program since 1985 by grants to the academy.
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Amazing, I know a rural Ohio school with a graduating class of well less than 100 that sent at least 2 to district/regional science fair contest and at least 2 to state contest and had at least 1 place at the highest level in the state contest every year for 4 years. That school was considered ‘adequate’, had no advanced placement science courses and it was the same 2 students each of the 4 years. These students were considered weird, their accomplishments were ignored by the school and they remained nameless when they graduated. Both of these students did ‘adequate’ for themselves, had their work published in pier reviewed scientific publications, were recognized by international academies in their respective fields and held/hold recognition for their accomplishments in adult life, and never looked back at that school.
Now the teachers and schools are standing in line to take credit for individual accomplishments by personal effort.
I guess that if the NEA cannot show accomplishments of its own, it needs to take credit for a students personal effort. Does this mean that it will now start taking credit for the failures of the many students in our inner city schools? --- Not to “beaver construction blocking a stream” likely!
How about we put the goal at 50% of the school, not 20 students, 20 percent of those went to district COMPETITION and 20 percent of those went to STATE COMPETITION? That means for every 100 students, 2 make it to state competition. They do it for sports, why not for the success of the students?
Nobody else thinks this is a travesty?