Somersworth Teachers’ Innovative Teaching Program Receives $2,000 Financial Support from Voya Financial
Somersworth — Voya Financial, Inc., a leading provider of retirement plans for educators, today announced that Emily Wilson and Laura Basdekis, teachers at Maplewood School in Somersworth, were part of the company’s 2022 Unsung Heroes Awards competition. announced that it has received a grant of $2,000. Wilson and Basdekis are the only winners from all of New Hampshire.
For 26 years, the Voya Unsung Heroes program has awarded grants to U.S. K-12 educators for their innovative teaching methods, creative educational projects, and ability to positively impact the children they teach. I have praised Since the program’s inception, Voya has awarded her more than $5.9 million to support educators through this nationwide program.
“Educators like Emily and Laura will have a profound impact on and shape our country’s future leaders,” said Voya Chief Diversity and Corporate Responsibility Officer and president of the Voya Foundation. Angela Harrell says For 26 years, we’ve been helping educators go the extra mile to enrich the lives of their students through Voya Unsung Heroes and other education-oriented programs. ”
Wilson and Basdekis’ innovative educational idea, Science Kits for Grade 4, aims to provide hands-on learning experiences that help students better understand the importance of being environmentally responsible. Emphasis. Adds more hands-on experience to the human body unit in class to help students understand the basics of how muscles, joints, and bones work together. Engineering units encourage students to practice critical thinking, communication, and collaboration. Wilson and Basdekis believe all of these skills are essential to preparing a student for her 21st century. With the funds provided by the Unsung Heroes grant, they will be able to purchase classroom his kits, picture books, and educational guides through the Boston Science Museum’s Engineering Is Her Elementary Curriculum.
Selected from a pool of applicants from schools across the country, Wilson and Basdekis are one of only 50 recipients in the country to receive the $2,000 award to help fund and bring the program to life. In addition, he will compete against other finalists to win one of the top three prizes (additional $5,000, $10,000, or $25,000 from Voya Financial).
For more information on this year’s winning projects and past winning projects, please visit the Unsung Heroes website.
Student Respect Life Essay Contest
Statewide — NH Knights of Columbus is once again sponsoring the Student Respect Life Essay Contest. The competition is open to all NH middle school (grades 6, 7 and 8) and high school (grades 9, 10, 11 and 12) students. You don’t have to be a knight or a Catholic.
This year’s competition themes are: What can be done to make abortion unthinkable? ”
Deadline: midnight December 15th.
Rules: Essays should not exceed 500 words. Complete and submit as a PDF or Word document and email to matu19@comcast.net. Include the student’s name, age, grade, school, parent’s name and address, phone number, parish, and email.
Students can get help and information from parents, teachers, friends, the internet, etc., but the essay itself must be their own work.
Contest details may be obtained from KofC NH Contest Chair John P. Matuszewski 603-434-4098 or KofC NH State Pro-Life Chair Ron Distasio 603-595-7837.
NH World Language Day aims to connect high school and university programs.
DURHAM — On Wednesday, November 16, students across the state will converge on language programs at local colleges. Why? So that they can learn about the many opportunities available as learners of other languages.
A group of professors and teachers from colleges in New Hampshire have worked together for months to plan an event centered around the importance and value of learning another language. Highlight opportunities in
So far, we have over 150 students enrolled, mostly French, German and Spanish learners. Some of the language programs for the day are already full, but UNH Manchester and his UNH Durham professors hope to see students with experience in American Sign Language, Arabic, Mandarin and Russian. Teachers of these languages are encouraged to enroll their students in the programs offered at the 16th of November festivities.
The event will run from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at three participating locations: Plymouth State University, University of New Hampshire, Durham, and University of New Hampshire, Manchester, and will include a campus tour focused on global language learning and exchange. increase. A breakout room for language-specific activities with current language students at the university level and a mini-meeting with presenters to share their unique experiences in using the language in the workforce. The event is free and lunch is free for all attendees.
The New Hampshire Association of World Language Teachers is coordinating registration for this multi-campus event. For more information and to register for New Hampshire World Language Day, visit www.nhawlt.org.
The organizers of New Hampshire World Language Day want to make this celebration of language learning an annual event. If you have any questions or would like the university to participate in next year’s event, please email advocacy@nhawlt.org.
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