RICHMOND HILL, Ga. (WTOC) - A local teacher is being recognized for her work in STEM education.
Lauren Avant is a teacher at Richmond Hill Middle School. Monday, she was presented with the 2021 Georgia STEM Scholar Award, which is sponsored and presented by the Georgia Youth Science & Technology Centers (GYSTC).
The award goes to teachers who show a passion and determination to provide students with innovative and challenging STEM experiences.
Avant helped create an app to highlight the impact humans have in the community by creating an app to track road-kill.
“Students can input the road kill they see, which may sound like a gross thing to some people but it really talks about how human impact on the community happens as well as how animal populations are impacted and what we can do to support that and support building, and continue building and support the animals in our community and keep food chains going,” Avant said.
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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Local teens are out to make a difference Garrett Chesser (center) is presented her award by Richmond Hill City Councilmen Robbie Ward (left) and Steve Scholar. Photo provided.
Three Bryan County teens have been recognized as The President’s Service Award winner an honor presented to individuals whose service positively impacts their community and inspires those around them to take action.
Garrett Chesser, a student at Richmond Hill Middle School, earned her third Gold Service Award. Chesser has completed 1,370 hours of service benefiting her community in 2019 and 2020.