BESE honors teacher, students from charter school

• Advocate Capitol News Bureau
• Published: Jan 21, 2011 - Page: 8A
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  Students from a Baton Rouge middle school and a Baton Rouge teacher were recognized Thursday by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  A robotics team from Kenilworth Science & Technology Charter School was given a resolution from BESE, which sets state policies for public schools statewide.
  The team, called “Alienbots,” earned first place for overall performance during the state’s First LEGO League Championship in New Orleans.
  The students were also picked as the best rookie team.
  The competition was held in November.Students built autonomous robots to perform tasks related to a biomedical and engineering theme.
  Teams were also required to present judges with a biomedical problem and proposed solution. Students were rated on teamwork and professionalism.
  Members of the Kenilworth team are Jabir Abdullah, Fazil Ozcelik, Matthew Kingsley, Emma Lacy, Dylan Aguiluz and Nathaniel Batiste.
  The coach is Irfan Demir, a computer teacher and robotics coordinator at the school.
  BESE also recognized Laura Hill, a teacher at Cedarcrest-Southmoor Elementary School, who recently won a Milken National Educator Award.
  The award includes a $25,000 gift from the foundation, which issues the honors annually to teachers around the country.
  Hill teaches fourth grade. In 2009 all of her home room students passed the Louisiana Educational Assessment Program.
  Passage of the test, which measures math and English skills, is required for promotion to the fifth grade.
  The state’s other Milken winner, Renee Lee Ward, was also recognized by BESE.
  Ward teaches at Delhi Charter School in northeast Louisiana.

  
  

  Source : 2theadvocate
  Videos for this success : www.kenilworthst.org

  
  

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