WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) is awarding 36 Engineering is Elementary®
(EiE) Scholarships to teachers in disadvantaged, rural or inner
city schools across the country. Each teacher will receive
$2,500 towards implementing the
innovative EiE curriculum developed by the Museum of Science,
Boston.
EiE was designed by the Museum's National Center for
Technological Literacy® (NCTL) to help elementary school educators
and students better understand engineering and technology concepts.
Research shows EiE helps elementary students become more interested
in engineering as a career.
The award-winning curriculum has already reached an estimated
71,000 teachers and 6.2 million students.
"Raytheon's generous support further expands our mission to
bring engineering to elementary-aged children by accelerating
adoption of EiE in underserved school districts," said Museum of
Science president and director Ioannis
Miaoulis, who launched the NCTL to introduce engineering in
schools and museums nationwide through advocacy, educational
products, and educator professional development.
Each scholarship includes professional development that prepares
teachers to use EiE along with a complete set of curriculum
resources. "Many elementary teachers don't have a background in
science or engineering," said Christine
Cunningham, director and founder of EiE and vice president
for research at the Museum of Science, Boston. "We're really pleased to offer support
through Raytheon scholarships; workshop graduates tell us EiE
professional development helps them feel confident about teaching
these subjects."
Over the past three years, Raytheon has awarded nearly 100
individual teacher scholarships as part of its $1 million EiE grant to the Museum. The grant is
awarded through Raytheon's MathMovesU® program, an initiative
designed to engage middle and elementary school student and build
their interest in math and science education.
The 2015 Raytheon-Engineering is Elementary Teacher
Scholarship recipients are:
Carmen Andrews, Six to Six Magnet School,
Bridgeport, Conn.
Brittney Armstrong, Slaughter
Elementary School, Louisville,
Ky.
Cara Baldree, Lincoln Elementary
School, Salt Lake City, Utah
Timothy Begley, W.F. Killip
Elementary School, Flagstaff,
Ariz.
Christie Bergh, Westside Elementary
School, Warner Robins, Ga.
Jennifer Brown, Georgetown East
Elementary School, Annapolis,
Md.
Amanda Casey, Kate Shepard
Elementary School, Mobile,
Ala.
Elizabeth Cooke, Markham Elementary
School, Oakland, Calif.
Amanda Crane, Philip Shore
Elementary Magnet School of the Arts, Tampa, Fla.
Loralie Cuff, Vail Pittman
Elementary School, Las Vegas,
Nev.
Elisabeth Foro, Cass Street School,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Bernadette Freeland, Weller Road
Elementary School, Silver Spring,
Md.
Anna Gaiter, Plainview Academic
Charter Academy, Tujunga,
Calif.
Deborah Gordon, Vista Del Monte
Elementary School, Palm Springs,
Calif.
Tamara Grottker, Copperfield
Elementary School, Austin,
Texas
LaNelle Harvey, 93rd Street
Elementary School, Los Angeles,
Calif.
Candace Hebert, Palo Verde
Elementary School, Casa Grande,
Ariz.
Darlene Higuera, Elvira Elementary
School, Tucson, Ariz.
Andrew Kelley, Josiah Quincy School, Boston, Mass.
Deborah Khadaran, West Hollywood
Elementary School, Hollywood,
Fla.
Lauren Levy, Synergy Charter
Academy, Los Angeles, Calif.
Amee Lewis, Appling County
Elementary School, Baxley, Ga.
Patty Myers, C.W. Morey School, Lowell, Mass.
Katharine Otto, Chase Elementary
School, Chicago, Ill.
David Owens, 96th Street Elementary
School, Los Angeles, Calif.
Taimi Paadre, Claremont Academy,
Worcester, Mass.
Vicki Peterson, Rancho Viejo
Elementary School, Yuma, Ariz.
Gloria Pritchett, Wickes Elementary
School, Wickes, Ark.
Cynthia Reynolds, Warsaw Elementary
School, Warsaw, N.C.
Karen Scholz, John F. Kennedy
Elementary School, Jamaica Plain,
Mass.
Faith Shiver, Harper Elementary
School, Thomasville, Ga.
John Silverthorne, Brentwood Magnet
Elementary School of Engineering, Raleigh, N.C.
Diana Thompson, Whittier Elementary
School, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Heather Tinker, Alice Maxwell
Elementary School, Sparks,
Nev.
Robyn Tirschel, 96th Street
Elementary School, Los Angeles,
Calif.
Sheryl Wells, W.F. Killip Elementary
School, Flagstaff, Ariz.
About the Museum of Science, Boston
The Museum
of Science, Boston is the nation's
first science museum with a comprehensive strategy and
infrastructure to foster technological literacy in science museums
and schools across the United
States. NCTL curricula have reached an estimated 6.5 million
students and 78,000 teachers. One of the world's largest science
centers and New England's most attended cultural institution, the
Museum of Science introduces about 1.5 million visitors a year to
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) via dynamic
programs and hundreds of interactive exhibits. Founded in 1830, the
Museum was first to embrace all the sciences under one roof.
Highlights include the, Thomson Theater of Electricity, Charles
Hayden Planetarium, Mugar Omni Theater, Gordon Current Science
& Technology Center, 4-D Theater, and Butterfly Garden. The
Museum also leads a 10-year, $41
million National Science Foundation-funded Nanoscale
Informal Science Education Network of science museums. Visit:
http://www.mos.org.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2013 sales of
$24 billion and 63,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a
history of innovation spanning 92 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other
capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command,
control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as cyber
security and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is
headquartered in Waltham, Mass.
For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and
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