Fri, May 21, 2010
Teachers Honored For Commitment To STEM Education
Challenger Center for Space Science Education has announced
five recipients of its 'Teacher of the Year' award for 2010. This
award allows the international network of Challenger Learning
Centers to recognize teachers from their communities who exemplify
the spirit of the Challenger crew's education mission, and who
share a commitment to learning about science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
Staff members from each of the 48 Challenger Learning Centers
were invited to nominate one instructor who had cultivated a strong
relationship with their local Challenger Learning Center and whose
commitment to education had made a noticeable impact on students
and the community at large.
The 2010 Teacher of the Year recipients are:
- Michal Mueller, a science instructor at Curtis Middle School,
Sudbury, MA
- Steve Marsden, an elementary teacher at Duchesne Elementary
School, Florissant, MO
- Holli Joyal, a 6th & 7th grade science teacher at The
Orchard School, Indianapolis, IN
- Maria Montelongo, a teacher at Francis R. Scobee Middle School,
San Antonio, TX
- Brandon Cornaby a sixth grade science teacher at Paducah Middle
School, Paducah, KY
The Teacher of the Year award is comprised of a special Apollo 8
medallion originally produced by NASA in the 1960. The medallions,
containing small amounts of pure aluminum carried into space by
astronaut Frank Borman, were struck in honor of Apollo 8, the first
human mission to orbit the moon. They medals were originally
presented to professionals who had provided support for those
missions. The medallions used for this new Challenger Center award
are special gifts from the late Mr. Turner N. Wiley, former Chief
of NASA's Communication Branch for Engineering at the Goddard Space
Flight Center.
At his request, his gift is being used to honor students and
teachers who perform exemplary work in education. Mr. Wiley stated
"What better way to continue the tradition of these medallions than
to reward educators who are working in both classrooms and
Challenger Learning Centers to cultivate the next generation of
space explorers. I congratulate and thank the five educators who
are making such a profound impact on our nation's children."
June Scobee Rodgers, Ph.D., Founding Chairman of Challenger
Center, said, "These five gifted instructors come from diverse
geographic regions, teach different grade levels, and work with
students of varying abilities. What links them together is a
genuine desire to ignite their students' curiosities about the
universe that surrounds them, as well as to convince them that
their futures literally have no boundaries. All of us at Challenger
Center are grateful that each of these teachers have found our
Challenger Learning Center programs to be a fundamental component
of their curriculum."
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