R.E.B. Awards for Teaching Excellence: Recent Grants

2011 Winners

Jamie L. Bird
Cosby High School (CH)          
$12,000
To study filming and editing techniques at the Adventure Film School to further teaching practice in the field of digital communications.
 
Samara Denise Booker
Clark Springs Elementary School (RI)       
$9,600
To explore technology in mathematics instruction, brain-science research, and best practices for mathematics instruction by attending the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics conferences in Philadelphia, PA and participate in the Kagan Summer Academy in Orlando, FL.
 
Beverly Spain Brown 
Echo Lake Elementary School (HE)               
$8,800
To honor the veteran experience and visit sites where veterans served to protect our freedom including the beaches of Normandy, London for Armistice Day and the Annual Veterans Conference in Washington D.C.
 
Mary Ingram Bruner
Mills E. Godwin High School (HE)             
$6,000
To study the development of American literature by visiting the homes of great writers of the past, including Twain, Alcott and Hawthorne, and attending Literary Week at the Chautauqua Institution in New York and the Piccolo Spoleto Literary and Theatre Festivals in South Carolina. 
 
Christopher E. Calfee
Swift Creek Middle School (CH)   
$9,000
To travel to New Zealand to visit the site of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and experience the landscape's beauty by completing the 60Km Kepler Challenge ultra-marathon.
 
Jacqueline T. Coffey  
Ettrick Elementary School (CH)          
$12,000
To travel to Australia and New Zealand to attend a literacy conference and observe primary classrooms in which balanced literacy is implemented, and to explore flora and fauna of the region; as well as to take several courses towards a Masters Degree in Special Education at VCU.
 
Carl Randolph Early  
James River High School (CH)      
$12,000
To experience the ways in which individuals with intellectual disabilities are educated, incorporated, supported and encouraged to demonstrate independence in various countries and cultures.
 
Vincent Orlando Hughes  
Tomahawk Middle School (CH)            
$11,000
To expand understanding of and earn certification in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) by attending the Maker Faire in San Francisco and the Advance Space Academy at the Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
 
Melissa Noel Lehman
Laurel Meadow Elementary School (HA)
$12,000   
To visit outdoor learning environments in both the United States and the Galapagos Islands.
 
Shannon Faith Majeski
Bon Air Elementary School (CH)              
$10,000
To explore a passion for gardening and nature by attending the World Horticultural Expo in Venlo, Netherlands and participating in a course at the Occidental Arts Ecology Center in California.
 
Danica LySaunda Coleman Millner
Thomas Jefferson High School (RI)               
 $12,000
To travel to Hawaii to experience the development of a STEM related business, Pacific Biodiesel, and investigate the latest technology in alternative fuels; and to pursue a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership. 
 
Jamie Beamer Mullenaux
Mechanicsville Elementary School (HA)       
$8,000
To visit the Galapagos Islands to observe and study wildlife and volcanic formations and to attend the National Association for Single Sex Public Education Conference.
 
Susan B. Nagel
Clover Hill Elementary School (CH)           
$8,000
To visit New York, Egypt and the Red Sea to enhance the fifth grade curriculum. 
 
Manuel R. Rios
Midlothian Middle School (CH)              
$11,000
To experience firsthand the geography, history, and culture of Turkey and Greece, and to establish professional networks with other humanities teachers through those experiences.
 
Mary Frances Williams
Midlothian Middle School (CH)         
$9,000
To attend the Winter Iditarod Educator's Conference and participate in the Alaskan Iditarod race.