Celeste A. Reynolds has many roles at Mashpee Middle-High School. She teaches Advanced Placement human geography, womenâs studies, current events and senior seminar, and she is the coordinator for senior seminar projects. She was recently awarded distinguished teacher by the National Council For Geographic Education.
âI was shocked. I didnât know that my colleague had nominated me,â Ms. Reynolds said.
She said her passion for Open Street Map is primarily why her colleague, Gregory Hill, an AP human geography teacher from Plano, Texas, nominated her for the award.
âHeâs actually started to use OSM in his classroom, and heâs said that he wouldnât have started using it if I hadnât introduced it to him,â she said. âIâm very passionate about Open Street Mapping; itâs like a Wikipedia of maps. Itâs based off of volunteer mappers.â
Ellie-Mai Whatley, 10, with certificate praising her work at Howard Junior School.
- Credit: Emma Whatley
Laila-Jade Groom said her daughter Caitlyn, nine, had been punished for not “reading or signing her diary consistently this term”.
“It’s absolutely disgraceful she came home in tears,” she said. “It’s nearly Christmas she shouldn t be penalised for something so silly it’s just not on.
“We do sometimes forget to sign her diary because we have to do it on her phone on the Showbie app but I have got five kids so it is quite hectic in the morning. I’d understand if she was a problem child but she is good as gold at school.