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Over 100 teachers, administrators, education leaders, policy makers and community partners gathered at Gaido’s restaurant Monday evening for the Galveston County Regional Collaborative for Excellence in Science Teaching celebration. The event was planned
and hosted by the Galveston County Regional Collaborative leadership
team consisting of Dr. Burtram B. Butler, founder; Dr. Gaynelle Hayes,
Galveston College; Dr. Judy Wern, Texas A&M-Galveston; and Dr.
Marguerite A. Sognier, UTMB-Galveston.
The leadership group was joined by Dr. Kamil A. Jbeily, Director
of the Texas Regional Collaboratives of the University of Texas at
Austin. The celebration
opened with greetings from representatives of Galveston’s institutions
of higher education: Dr.
Marguerite A. Sognier, Interim Director of Educational Outreach for UTMB;
William Hearn, Interim Vice President and CEO of Texas A&M
University-Galveston; and Dr. Elva Concha LeBlanc, President of
Galveston College. The
keynote speaker was Representative Craig Eiland. The event was held to
honor a number of science teacher mentors who have continued their
professional development in conjunction with the Texas Regional
Collaborates for Excellence in Science Teaching. Those teachers honored were: Guadalupe Benavidez IV, Galveston ISD; Roderick Blake, Galveston ISD; Cecelia Bolton, Galveston ISD; Martha Elaine Bosworth, Clear Creek ISD; Claudia Brooks, Galveston ISD; Diane Burnett, La Marque ISD; Denise Byrd, Galveston ISD; Shelly Chadwick, Odyssey Academy, Galveston; Nina Lynn Corley, Satori School, Galveston; Judy Davis, Galveston ISD; Sandra Garcia-Rocabado, Clear Creek ISD; Eduardo Guevara, Pasadena ISD; Janet Guice, LaMarque ISD; Susan Lawson, Clear Creek ISD; Judy Lee, Texas City ISD; Katherine Mays, Clear Creek ISD; Kris Messina, Galveston ISD; Catherine Ryan, Alvin ISD; Nancy Schultz, Galveston ISD; Carol Singletary, Dickinson ISD; Curtis Taylor, O’Connell High School, Galveston; Virginia Valentino, Our Lady of Lourdes, Dickinson; Keitha Van Ness, Dickinson ISD; Chad Vance, Clear Creek ISD; Heather Wallace, Santa Fe ISD; Harriet Woodfill, Odyssey Academy, Galveston; and Sandra Woodlock, Satori School, Galveston.
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