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FOCUS ON EDUCATION
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Denton Record-Chronicle
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
TEXAS
IN THE SCHOOLS
teachers to be named a finalist
for this year’s Presidential
Awards for Excellence in Mathe-
matics and Science Teaching.
Spradley, who teaches fifth-
grade science at Brent Elemen-
tary School, will have the chance
to compete against educators
across the nation for a $10,000
prize, a certificate signed by the
U.S. president and an all-ex-
penses paid trip to Washington,
D.C. The National Science
Foundation will choose up to
two winners from each state.
The award recognizes ele-
mentary-level science and math
teachers who bring innovative
methods into the classroom.
from 64 teachers in 35 school
districts.
Lemke teaches third-grade
math and science at Roanoke
Elementary School and has
been with the district for three
will march along Meadowview
Drive. The band will march
through Albertsons and Wal-
Mart along Swisher Road and
ride in buses across Interstate
35E to Lakeview Drive.
The band will continue
marching until it reaches Lake
Dallas Middle School. Officers
from the Corinth, Hickory Creek
and Lake Dallas police depart-
ments and the Lake Cities Fire
Department will be on hand.
All the money raised will go
to the Lake Dallas Band Boost-
ers and help pay for things like
uniform repairs, transportation
and meals. The funds will also
go toward a new band trailer
and help pay for a spring trip to
Washington, D.C.
Donations can be made in
person along the march route or
online at wwwlakedallasband-
boosters.org. For more informa-
tion, contact Ginger Collier at la-
kedallasbandboost-
ers@gmail.com.
DENTON ISD
many agencies as possible.
The lab will work with local
police departments and federal
agencies to help investigate and
get rid of a backlog of cellphones
needing to get checked. Scott
Belshaw, an assistant professor
of criminal justice at UNT, will
serve as the lab’s director.
No opening date is set for the
lab, but Belshaw hopes to have it
open sometime this fall.
Cellphone cybersecurity
laboratory planned
A new off-site laboratory set
to open this fall will analyze cell-
phone data from devices used in
criminal activities.
The lab, which will be run out
of the UNT New College at Fris-
co, is funded by a $350,000 do-
nation from Steven Holmes, an
alumnus who wants to help as
Local teacher studies
at San Antonio institute
Denton ISD teacher Nonie
Phillips traveled to San Antonio
this summer to participate in a
professional development insti-
tute titled “From Colonists to
Revolutionaries.”
Phillips, a U.S. history teach-
er at McMath Middle School,
was one of 52 teachers selected
to attend the institute, which fo-
cused on the history of America
during the 15th, 16th and 17th
centuries. The institute was
sponsored by Humanities Texas
and the University of Texas at
San Antonio and ran June 12-15.
years.
She is a graduate of Baylor
University with a bachelor’s de-
gree in elementary education
and is working on a master’s de-
gree in counseling from Dallas
Baptist University.
Kennedy has been a band di-
rector at Lake Dallas High
School since 2009. Prior to that,
she taught at three districts in
Oklahoma and at Mabank ISD
NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS
COLLEGE
in East Texas. She received her
bachelor’s in music education
from Southwestern Oklahoma
State University.
To advance to the regional
level, each teacher had to write
seven essays on topics that in-
cluded their community in-
volvement, background and ed-
ucational philosophy. Lemke
and Kennedy will move on to
the state level of the competition
and travel to Austin in October
for interviews with selection
committees. Winners will be an-
nounced Oct. 14.
— Compiled for the Denton Record-
Chronicle by Caitlyn Jones
AREA
Two named regional
teachers of the year
Denton County produced
two teachers who were named
Teacher of the Year for Region 11,
which encompasses 10 counties
and 77 public school districts.
Northwest ISD’s Monica
Lemke was named Elementary
Teacher of the Year, while Lake
Dallas ISD’s Denise Kennedy
was named Secondary Teacher
of the Year. Both were chosen
or long-term unemployment.
With the grant, NCTC is
launching the North Texas
TechHire Partnership, which
will span more than 20 cities
and towns in the region. The col-
lege plans to train 450 people in
information technology and ad-
vanced manufacturing.
The partnership includes 24
companies in the region, as well
as organizations like Workforce
Solutions for North Central
Texas.
LAKE DALLAS ISD
College gets grant from
Department of Labor
NCTC is getting a $3.9 mil-
lion TechHire grant from the
U.S. Department of Labor,
which aims to hire youth and
young adults in growth sectors.
Those who participate in the
program will be those who al-
ready face barriers to employ-
ment, including veterans and
people with disabilities, limited
English skills, criminal records
Band members prepare
for annual fundraiser
The Lake Dallas Falcon
Marching Band will march
through the streets of the Lake
Cities on Saturday for the fourth
annual March-A-Thon.
The fundraiser will begin at 8
a.m. Saturday at Lake Dallas
High School, where the band
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finalist for award
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