From staff reports
AWARD PRESENTATION â Ron Sismondo, director of curriculum and professional development at the Jefferson County Educational Service Center, presented three $600 Best Practice Grants to, from left, John Gregg Elementary school counselor Tiffany Moses, Stanton Elementary school counselor Megan McNear and Stanton Elementary teacher Jordan Tice for their projects during the Edison Local Board of Education meeting on Nov. 19. (Contributed photo)
RICHMOND Educators in the Edison Local School District are implementing programs centering on academic and social emotional learning with grants from the Jefferson County Educational Service Center.
JCESC Director of Curriculum and Professional Development Ron Sismondo presented three 2020-21 Best Practice Grants totaling $1,800 to Jordan Tice, Megan McNear and Tiffany Moses during the Nov. 19 Edison Local Board of Education meeting at Edison High School. Tice, a sixth-grade math teacher at Stanton Elementary, will con
From staff reports
STEUBENVILLE Teachers in the Steubenville City School District are sharing $1,800 in grant funding to implement projects for student growth.
Three Jefferson County Educational Service Center 2020-21 Best Practice Grants were disbursed to teachers Heather Hoover, Anthony Kinyo and Matthew Filo to help enact programs primarily centered on science and technology.
Hoover, who serves as an SFA facilitator and gifted intervention specialist at McKinley STEM Academy, is spearheading “How Does Your Garden Grow?,” a project where 60 cross-curriculum students will explore aeroponic farming (the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium) and the advancements in producing a faster growth cycle and healthier plants, all while using fewer resources. She said students will also gain the knowledge to explain local food systems and distinguish the means to developing an efficient and sustainable soilless farmin