Council Honors Gifted Education Teachers

 

 From Left:  Lynn Nathan, Denise Grote,
Tracy Travers and Joyce Campbell

The Maryland State Advisory Council on Gifted Education recognized four Charles County teachers and two students in Annapolis on Feb. 20.

Three teachers were recognized for their work leading students through the process of developing inventions for the By Kids, For Kids inventive thinking competition.

  • Joyce Campbell (gifted resource teacher, Diggs Elementary School)
  • Denise Grote (gifted resource teacher, Jenifer & Mitchell Elementary Schools)
  • Tracy Travers (science, Jenifer Elementary)

Two of the four By Kids, For Kids’ State Winners were from Charles County schools. 

  • Caitlyn Evans (Malcolm Elementary) invented an Eraselet, a bead and eraser bracelet that
     
     

    Photos courtesy of
    By Kids For Kids

    fashionably allows you to always have an eraser handy.

  • Emily Staudmyer (Jenifer Elementary) invented School for Pencils, a receptacle for pencils mounted on the wall at the entrance of the classroom for easy student access.

For more information about the By Kids, For Kids program, visit www.bkfk.com/mdchallenge.

 

Recognized for writing language arts advanced lessons for the Voluntary State Curriculum.

  • Lynn Nathan (gifted resource teacher, Henson Middle School) collaborated with other teachers around the state to write curriculum ideas for advanced students. These ideas were related to advanced language arts opportunities for gifted students and have been posted on the MD K-12 Web site by Maryland State Department of Education.

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