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School in Madina, Sierra Leone
There is a school started in a smalL village of Sierra Leone, West Africa, because of the determination of Fort Wayne’s Francis Mustapha to pass along the opportunity to have an education. Francis, born in Madina, Sierra Leone, says it is because of the Western-educated nurse from a neighboring village who raised him that he was given a chance at life at all. His twin brother died at birth, as well as several siblings before him.
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Marilyn Carpenter (WV 75) and her husband Jack celebrated the Fourth of July in Chautauqua, where Marilyn entertains each summer. Marilyn participated in the big band concert on the plaza, playing her new snare drum with the community band for the first time. "What fun!" she exclaimed. NOTE: Photos courtesy of Demetrius Freeman / The Chautauquan Daily.
Maryland High School Chemistry Teacher Named 2011 National Teacher of the Year
The Council of Chief State School Officers announced today that Michelle Shearer, a high school chemistry teacher in Frederick, Maryland, is the 61st National Teacher of the Year. Shearer and all of the 2011 State Teachers of the Year will be recognized by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday, May 3.
Edna Rogers and Sheila Smith (ETSU KDP Chapter Counselor)
Kappa Delta Pi International will celebrate 100 years at the 48th Biennial Convocation November 3-5, 2011 in Indianapolis, IN. NSTOY celebrates 20 years of honorary membership with KDP this year. A special invitation to form an honorary chapter of KDP was issued to NSTOY at the 1991 National State Teachers of the Year Conference in Tennessee by Michael Wolfe, KDP Executive Director. Edna Rogers, TN-TOY ’89 was the featured speaker at the Zeta Iota Chapter Anniversary and Initiation meeting at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN on March 31, 2011. The Zeta Iota KDP Chapter was the second chapter installed in Tennessee. Twenty-four students were installed as new KDP members. Bessie Cooper, who is the oldest living person in the world, was given an honorary membership. Bessie, who was unable to be present, is 114 years old and graduated from ESTU in 1916. She named her son after the former president of the university.
The Council of Chief State School Officers announced today that Michelle Shearer, a high school chemistry teacher in Frederick, Maryland, is the 61st National Teacher of the Year. Shearer and all of the 2011 State Teachers of the Year will be recognized by President Barack Obama in a ceremony at the White House Tuesday, May 3.