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The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) 2018

On October 10, 2017, The Dee Howard Foundation announced The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) to recognize Pre-K thru 12 STEM teachers and administrators and to help incorporate aviation and aerospace subject matter in STEM programs primality focused on underserved students in the San Antonio Area.

The SEEA was presented at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Awards Dinner with the first annual SEEA Award to be presented at the 2018 Hall of Fame on 22 March 2018.

Further details concerning the school districts and schools eligible to submit nominations and the nomination procedures can be accessed through the links on this webpage.

The Hall of Fame is open to the public. Information is available by contacting Christina Martinez at (210) 758-3435 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


Letter to Superintendents

To Superintendents,

The Dee Howard Foundation is an organization dedicated to fostering aviation and aerospace in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) in Pre-K through 12 education programs primarily in schools in the greater San Antonio area whose students are from underserved areas of our community. All middle schools in Bexar County with high-needs students are eligible to submit nominations for the 2018 SEEA, in future years we will expand the eligibility to include Pre-K thru 5 and 9 thru 12.

In the spirit of supporting those on the “front lines” of S.T.E.M. education, we request your assistance in distributing this letter and the other information we will forward to you concerning the SEEA to the principal of each middle school in your district that meets the criteria to submit a nomination for the SEEA. The principal of each qualifying middle school may submit one nomination for the 2018 SEEA. The nominee must be an individual who teaches or directly administers the S.T.E.M. curriculum in the qualifying middle school and should exhibit the character traits consistent with a respected educator in the community.

Should a nominee from your school district be selected by The Dee Howard Foundation (DHF) as the 2018 awardee, the awardee, the awardee’s school, and your school district will receive the following benefits:

  1. the awardee will be announced before 22 March 2018, and the SEEA will be presented to the awardee at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2018 Awards Dinner to be held on 22 March 2018 at the GDC Technics Hangar at Port San Antonio. For details about the 2018 Hall of Fame we invite you to visit http://www.deehoward.org/saahof-2018-dinner;
  2. the awardee’s name will appear in the 2018 Hall of Fame program brochure;
  3. a table of 10 will be reserved at the 2018 Hall of Fame, seated at that table will be the awardee, the principal from the awardee’s school, the superintendent of the school district of the awardee or their designated representative, and students from the awardee’s school; and The Dee Howard Foundation will award a grant of $1,000.00 for use by the awardee’s school to fund a program to be mutually agreed between The Dee Howard Foundation and the principal of the awardee’s school before 22 March 2018 to be used to begin to incorporate aviation and aerospace into the STEM curriculum of the school commencing in the 2018/2019 academic year.

To nominate an educator, the principal of the school should complete the attached nomination form, and compile a formal letter of recommendation on official school letterhead, then return the package to:

Christina Martinez, The Dee Howard Foundation, via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nominations must be received by December 1, 2017 to be eligible for the award. If you have any questions concerning the event, the SEEA, or the nomination process, please email or call Wayne Fagan at (210) 570-7888.

We thank you and all of the members of the team in your school district for the great work you are doing to provide the young men and women in our community with the confidence and skills to be successful in an increasingly technological world. We look forward to receiving nominations from the principals of qualifying schools in your district and to providing well-deserved recognition to S.T.E.M. educators in the greater San Antonio area.

Sincerely,

Wayne I. Fagan
Chair The Dee Howard Foundation


SEEA Honoree

Randall Ohman, the SEEA Honoree for 2018, will be introduced at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2018 Awards Dinner

Randall Ohman is a 6th-grade teacher at JSTEM Academy in Judson ISD. Mr.Ohman facilitates Judson ISD's JSTEM SmartLab where the entire grade level gets an introduction to engineering and many applied technologies. He hosts "Make Time," an afterschool program for invention, learning fabrication techniques, and tearing down things to fix or re-purpose. He coaches the school's robotics teams in strategies and robot design. He also mentors students entering STEM challenge competitions.

His students have been semifinalists and finalists in national contests sponsored by NASA, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and DuPont. His students have been state and local champions in contests sponsored by Power Across Texas, DaVinci Minds, Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Governor's Office, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, UTSA, and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. On multiple occasions, they have won scholarships intended for high school competitors.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office chose Mr. Ohman to represent the State of Texas at the 2017 National Summer Teaching Institute, a national initiative to broaden the implementation of invention programs and intellectual property terminology in the classroom. Mr. Ohman is a board member of Alamo Inventors and regularly presents on education news and issues. Recent presenters Drue Placette of DoLab and Debra Innocenti, partner at Innocenti Jones PLLC, proclaimed Mr. Ohman's programs and students at JSTEM a San Antonio invention resource. Mr. Ohman writes and speaks about giving the best STEM exposure and experiences to younger students and the importance of them making what they conceive of and design. He maintains a student engineering model shop within the bounds of his classroom.

Before receiving his Master of Teaching from the University of the Incarnate Word, Mr. Ohman was a design engineer. Highlights include high-speed interconnection and heat transfer developments in the supercomputer industry, where his patented method of air cooling high power density modules enabled these computers to be more mobile. He developed an industry-leading, patented, high-performance hospital bed surface that was portable and reduced patient-to-bed pressures to near zero. He followed with a patient rotation system that used his patented positional feedback sensing so that patients might not suffer the effects of pneumonia. And he developed an industry-certified check valve for water in beverage machines that set a new standard for reliability and high flow. Mr. Ohman received his undergraduate degree in physics from Carleton College.

The SEEA will be presented to Randall Ohman at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on March 22, 2018.

The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) 2019

Event Date 4 April, 2019 (Nominations by 1 Dec.)


On October 6, 2018, The Dee Howard Foundation announced The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) to recognize Pre-K thru 12 STEM teachers and administrators and to help incorporate aviation and aerospace subject matter in STEM programs primality focused on underserved students in the San Antonio Area.

The SEEA will be presented at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2019 Awards Dinner on April 4, 2019.

Further details concerning the school districts and schools eligible to submit nominations and the nomination procedures can be accessed through the links on this webpage.

The Hall of Fame is open to the public. Individual tickets may be purchased online (to be announced), sponsor information is available by by contacting Christina Martinez at (210) 758-3435 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..


Letter

Letter to Superintendents 2019

The Dee Howard Foundation is an organization dedicated to fostering aviation and aerospace in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) in Pre-K through 12 education programs primarily in schools in the greater San Antonio area whose students are from underserved areas of our community. In the 2017-2018 academic year, our inaugural year for the SEEA, we focused on middle schools in the greater San Antonio area and selected Mr. Randall Ohman of The Judson STEM Academy as the recipient of this award. This year, all elementary schools with high-need students in Bexar County are eligible to submit nominations for the 2019 SEEA. In future years we will expand the eligibility to include programs in grades 9-12 as well.

In the spirit of supporting those on the “front lines” of S.T.E.M. education, we request your assistance in distributing this letter and the other information we will forward to you concerning the SEEA to the principal of each elementary school in your district that meets the criteria below. The principal of each qualifying elementary school may submit one nomination for the 2019 SEEA. The nominee must:

  1. Be an individual who excels at teaching or overseeing the S.T.E.M. curriculum in the qualifying elementary school, and
  2. Should exhibit the character traits consistent with a respected educator in the community.
  3. Should a nominee from your school district be selected by The Dee Howard Foundation (DHF) as this year’s Honoree, the Honoree, the Honoree’s school, and your school district will receive the following benefits:

The Honoree will be announced in January 2019 and the SEEA will be presented to the Honoree at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2019 Awards Dinner to be held on 4 April 2019 at the GDC Technics Hangar at Port San Antonio. For details about the 2019 Hall of Fame we invite you to visit http://www.deehoward.org/saahof-2019-dinner.

The Honoree’s name will appear in the 2019 Hall of Fame program brochure, and their photograph and biography will be posted on The Dee Howard Foundation website;

The Honoree will be presented with a framed certificate during the 2019 Hall of Fame Awards Dinner;

  1. A table of 10 will be reserved at the 2019 Hall of Fame, and seated at that table will be the Honoree, the principal from the Honoree’s school, the superintendent of the school district of the Honoree or their designated representative, and students from the Honoree’s school;
  2. The Dee Howard Foundation will award a grant of $1,000.00 for use by the Honoree’s school to fund a field trip(s) to destinations to be selected by the Honoree from a list of locations approved by The Dee Howard Foundation; and
  3. The Honoree will be added to The Dee Howard Foundation School Network to be included in all DHF School Network mailings and be eligible to participate in other designated program activities.

To nominate an educator, the principal of the school should complete the attached nomination form, and compile a formal letter of recommendation on official school letterhead, then return the package to:

Dr. W. Sean Kearney, Chair, SEEA Selection Committee, via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nominations must be received by December 1, 2018, to be eligible for the award. If you have any questions concerning the event, the SEEA, or the nomination process, please email or call Sean Kearney at (210) 784-2528.

We thank you and all of the members of the team in your school district for the great work you are doing to provide the young men and women in our community with the confidence and skills to be successful in an increasingly technological world. We look forward to receiving nominations from the principals of qualifying schools in your district, and to providing well-deserved recognition to S.T.E.M. educators in the greater San Antonio area.

Sincerely,

W. Sean Kearney Chair, SEEA Selection Committee


Honorees

Lisa Rollins, 2019 SEEA Honoree

Lis Rollins 2019 SEEA Honoree

Lisa Rollins, is a Science Academic Support Teacher (AST) at Cody Elementary School in Northside ISD (NISD). Ms. Rollins started her teaching career in Judson ISD in 1983. She joined NISD as an early childhood educator in Pre-K and Kindergarten in 1998 at Howsman Elementary School. She became the Science AST at Cody Elementary School in 2009.

Cody Principal Kittiya Johnson first met Ms. Rollins over 15 years ago at Howsman as a first-year administrator. “Lisa was a kindergarten teacher and I loved visiting her classroom,” she said. “Our youngest students were so happy learning through the fun and engaging activities she planned. In addition to being an early childhood education expert, she possesses strong writing, math, and science knowledge and skills, so when a position for an Academic Support Teacher became available at Cody Elementary to address poor performances in those content areas, we were fortunate that she applied for the job,” Johnson adds.

“Lisa creates vibrant and effective ‘hands-on’ science labs complete with living plants and animals,” Johnson explains. “Her classroom came alive with student-scientists, gerbils rolling around in their traveling balls, and insects living in student-made habitats. In less than one year, student academic performance at Cody Elementary improved dramatically after Lisa joined the faculty.”

At Cody, besides bringing her unique skill set of creating another engaging science lab, Rollins added a STEM lab in an adjacent room. Both labs are rich in resources, including a pond with live fish, habitats for various insects, reptiles, fossils, mice, a guinea pig, and much more. She also creates habitats outside the classroom so students can see “real” environments firsthand.

“Lisa’s efforts have had a positive impact on student learning at Cody,” Johnson said. “Our campus now leads the District in improved science scores on district and state assessments for campuses with similar demographics.”

As evidence of her creativity, one student said, “Recently, we were able to recreate how archeologists lit up the insides of Egyptian tombs using reflected light,” says Brian Sullens, a fifth-grade student at Cody. “Mrs. Rollins broke our science class into small groups, and gave each group a model cardboard tomb and a handful of other materials, and told us to construct a system for lighting the interior of the tomb.”

One of Rollins’ accomplishments has been the creation and expansion of a girls-only STEM Summer Camp called STEM Sisters. Not only do these young ladies participate in engaging STEM challenges, but they are visited every day by female professionals working in a STEM field. The impact of this program on getting girls interested in the STEM field has resulted in it being expanded to 11 additional elementary and middle school campuses in the district.

Another successful project by Ms. Rollins is the implementation of the Project ACORN grant on the campus. The purpose of this project is to bring native plants into neighborhoods and to educate the community about the environment. Rollins has cultivated strong partnerships with many local, state, and national environmental science associations. She oversaw the construction of a campus butterfly and wildflower garden. In the years to come, her vision is to expand the garden into a neighborhood botanical center.

“Mrs. Rollins taught me a respect for all living things and inspired me to start my own garden at home,” Sullens said.

As if she doesn’t have enough to do, she also is involved with or serves as the coach for the campus’ LEGO Robotics Club, Young Astronauts (astronautics), Flight Club (aeronautics), and the campus Solar Car team.

Ms. Rollins holds both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University.) She was the NISD Nominee for the Trinity Prize for Excellence in Teaching in 2015, Campus Teacher of the Year for Cody Elementary in 2015, and Campus Teacher of the Year for Howsman Elementary in 2008.

Angela Ortiz Pichardo, 2019 SEEA Honoree

Angela Ortiz Pichardo 2019 SEEA Honoree

Angela Ortiz Pichardo is the STEM/Aeronautics/Aviation teacher at Bob Hope Elementary in Southwest ISD (SWISD). She is a UTSA graduate with a Bachelors in Criminal Justice and Bilingual-Bicultural Studies and has earned her Masters in Integrating Technology Curriculum and Instruction from Walden University. She is also in her first year of Walden’s Doctorate Leadership program.

Ms. Pichardo spearheaded the establishment of the Bob Hope Young Eagles Club three years ago which is one of the first PreK – 5th Grade full campus Aviation Clubs at the elementary level in the San Antonio area. Ms. Picardo was selected by The Dee Howard Foundation (DHF) and SWISD to be the first teacher in the San Antonio area to implement the DHF/Blue Sky Educational Foundation elementary school aeronautical STEM curriculum and to serve as a resource to other teachers and administrators in other schools, both within and outside of SWISD, in their evaluation and implementation of that curriculum. She coordinates and leads many Young Eagles events and has had her students participate in Aviation and Aeronautics endeavors from Kinder to 5th grade. She develops and trains groups of students with activities, which include field trips, hands-on projects, and real-life experiences that lead to career pathways and goals. Some of those activities have included her students participating in the EAA Young Eagles Rally in which her students were able to take airplane rides at Stinson Airport, indoor skydiving at iFly, and she leads a group of students to the annual UT-Austin Girls in Engineering each year. Ms. Pichardo was selected as a recipient of the 2018 H.E.B. Excellence in Education Award for Outstanding Teachers in the State of Texas and was also recognized as one of the top teachers in San Antonio through the Go Public, KSAT 12 Cool Schools in San Antonio.

This year, Ms. Pichardo was awarded two major grants from the Southwest ISD Foundation, along with five others in the past three years. This year, the 5th-grade students will be participating in the San Antonio STEM Education Center, along with a field trip to the Scobee Planetarium. The second award will be used to begin a Jet Propulsion class with the goal to work with local companies and private and public sector institutions to structure activities that will allow for real-life experiences with Scientists in the Space programs here in San Antonio. The next goal for Ms. Pichardo is to structure an Educational program to assist students interested in all of the Aviation, Aeronautics, Aerospace, and Interplanetary travel career fields for future generations. Ms. Pichardo’s goal in all of her teaching activities is to inspire her students to achieve greatness for the sake of humanity alone, and not just for honors or praises.

The SEEA will be presented to Lisa Rollins and Angela Ortiz Pichardo at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on April 4, 2019.


School DIstricts

Eligible School Districts 2019

Principals of middle schools in the following school districts who meet the eligibility criteria are invited to submit nominations (limit one nomination per eligible school) for the 2019 SEEA.

Nomination deadline is 1 December 2018.

District

  • Alamo Heights ISD
  • BASIS San Antonio*
  • Bexar County Academy*
  • Brooks Academy of Science and Engineering*
  • Carpe Diem*
  • East Central ISD
  • Edgewood ISD
  • Eleanor Kolitz Hebrew Language Academy*
  • Fort Sam Houston ISD
  • George Gervin Academy*
  • Great Hearts Academy*
  • Harlandale ISD
  • Harmony Science Academy, San Antonio*
  • Henry Ford Academy
  • Alameda School for Art + Design*
  • Heritage Academy*
  • IDEA Public Schools*
  • Jubilee Academic Center*
  • Judson ISD
  • KIPP San Antonio*
  • Lackland ISD
  • Light House Charter School*
  • New Frontiers Charter School*
  • North East ISD
  • Northside ISD
  • Por Vida Academy*
  • Positive Solutions Charter School*
  • Premier High School, San Antonio*
  • Randolph Field ISD
  • San Antonio ISD
  • School of Excellence in Education*
  • School of Science and Technology*
  • Somerset ISD
  • South San Antonio ISD
  • Southside ISD
  • Southwest ISD
  • Southwest Preparatory School*

Nomination

STEM SEEA Nomination Form-2019

The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) 2020

Event Date 26 March, 2020


The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) 2020

On March 26, 2020, The Dee Howard Foundation announced The Dee Howard Foundation STEM Education Excellence Award (SEEA) to recognize Pre-K thru 12 STEM teachers and administrators and to help incorporate aviation and aerospace subject matter in STEM programs primality focused on underserved students in the San Antonio Area.

The SEEA was presented at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2020 Awards Dinner on March 26, 2020.

 


Letter

Letter to Superintendents 2020

The Dee Howard Foundation is an organization dedicated to fostering aviation and aerospace in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (S.T.E.M.) in Pre-K through 12 education programs, primarily in schools in the greater San Antonio area whose students are from underserved areas of our community. This year, we have expanded eligibility. Schools of any level (elementary/middle/secondary) with high-need students in Bexar County are eligible to submit nominations for the 2020 SEEA.

In the spirit of supporting those on the “front lines” of S.T.E.M. education, we request your assistance in distributing this letter and the other information we will forward to you concerning the SEEA to the principal of each school in your district that meets the criteria below. The principal of each qualifying school may submit one nomination for the 2020 SEEA. The nominee must:

  1. 1) Be an individual who excels at teaching or overseeing the S.T.E.M. curriculum in the qualifying school and;
  2. 2) Should exhibit character traits consistent with a respected educator in the community.

Should a nominee from your school district be selected by The Dee Howard Foundation (DHF) as this year’s Honoree, the Honoree, the Honoree’s school, and your school district will receive the following benefits:

  1. 1) The Honoree will be announced in January 2020, and the SEEA will be presented to the Honoree at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame 2020 Awards Dinner to be held on 26 March 2020 at the GDC Technics Hangar at Port San Antonio. For details about the 2020 Hall of Fame, we invite you to visit the event page on this website;
  2. 2) The Honoree’s name will appear in the 2020 Hall of Fame program brochure, and their photograph and biography will be posted on The Dee Howard Foundation website;
  3. 3) The Honoree will be presented with a framed certificate during the 2020 Hall of Fame Awards Dinner;
  4. 4) A table of 10 will be reserved at the 2020 Hall of Fame, and seated at that table will be the Honoree, the principal from the Honoree’s school, the superintendent of the school district of the Honoree or their designated representative, and students from the Honoree’s school;
  5. 5) The Dee Howard Foundation will award a grant of $1,000.00 for use by the Honoree’s school as mutually agreed between DHF and the Honoree’s school to further aeronautical STEM education at the Honoree’s school; and
  6. 6) The Honoree will be added to The Dee Howard Foundation School Network to be included in all DHF School Network mailings and be eligible to participate in other designated program activities.

To nominate an educator, the principal of the school should complete the attached nomination form, and compile a formal letter of recommendation on official school letterhead, then return the package to the following:

The Honoree will be presented with a framed certificate during the 2019 Hall of Fame Awards Dinner;

Dr. W. Sean Kearney, Chair, SEEA Selection Committee, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Nominations must be received by December 1, 2019, to be eligible for the award. If you have any questions concerning the event, the SEEA, or the nomination process, please email or call Sean Kearney at (210) 784-2528.

We thank you and all of the members of the team in your school district for the great work you are doing to provide the young men and women in our community with the confidence and skills to be successful in an increasingly technological world. We look forward to receiving nominations from the principals of qualifying schools in your district and to providing well-deserved recognition to S.T.E.M. educators in the greater San Antonio area.

Sincerely,

W. Sean Kearney
Chair, SEEA Selection Committee


SEEA Honorees 2020

Colin R. Lang, 2020 SEEA Honoree

Colin Lang, 2020 SEEA Honoree

Colin Lang is a teacher, mentor, and coach. He is in his fourteenth year at Alamo Heights High School (AHHS) where he is the teacher of (Systems Go) Aerospace Studies program, an innovative, project-based education program that he implemented at AHHS from the ground up. It began with launching little rockets that would go about 200 ft in the air. His students now work with NASA to build rockets that go up to 100,000 ft. To date, they have reached 37,000 ft. This can only be done at the White Sands Missile Range. In addition to his leadership of the Alamo Heights Rocketry Program, Colin is the founder and Head Coach of the Alamo Heights High School Rugby Team.

Before joining the faculty at AHHS, Colin taught for one year at the KIPP Aspire Academy and for eight years at Zachary Middle School as the eighth-grade lead science teacher.

Colin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Kinesiology from the University of Texas at San Antonio and, more recently, a Master of Education degree in Integrated Physics and Chemistry from Our Lady of the Lake University, graduating Magna Cum Laude from both schools. Mr. Lang holds certifications to teach Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and IPC. He is also a certified coach, having coached football, rugby, hockey, wrestling, MMA, basketball, track, and volleyball.

Colin has served as a mentor to new teachers, a coach, and a presenter at science and technology conferences as well as the lead trainer and instructor for the SystemsGo program. Mr. Lang has received several awards, including First Year Teacher of the Year (NISD), Spotlight on Excellence Award (AHISD), Texas High School Rugby Coach of the Year and was a finalist in the HEB Excellence in Education and Trinity Prize. He believes that learning should be fun and experienced in a real-life context. The Rocketry program at Alamo Heights is a perfect example of how project-based education through problem-solving in a real-world setting can change students’ lives. One of those students said of Mr. Lang "During my four years in the rocketry program, Mr. Lang has taught me how to use the NASA research and design process, create technical drawings using CAD software, design and build a seven-foot-long rocket that went the speed of sound, and use tools that would be found in any industry machine shop like a welder and lathe. These opportunities don’t often come to high-school students, and I can say with complete certainty that I have never had a teacher who has been willing to put more trust, respect, and time into my education than Mr. Lang. He is not only an excellent educator but also a role model for everyone he teaches and an example of the engineer I hope to become in the future."


Morgan S. Lund, 2020 SEEA Honoree

Morgan S. Lund, 2020 SEEA Honoree

Morgan S. Lund, M.E. is a teacher, mentor and sponsor at Engineering & Technologies         Academy at Roosevelt High School (ETA) in North East ISD where she is a specialized Engineering teacher and teaches three prep courses in grades 9 -12 in Engineering Math, Engineering Design & Presentation (Auto Desk Inventor) and Project Lead the Way (PLTW) Aerospace Engineering Course. Ms. Lund is also the sponsor for the school’s Rocketry Student Launch Club.

Ms. Lund received a BS in Civil Engineering and Masters in Civil Engineering, both from Texas A&M University. Following college, Ms. Lund was head of the Geotechnical Engineering Department at Gessner Engineering for eight years and then, because of her passion for working with students in STEM education, began her teaching career at Inquire Academy in Bryan ISD teaching calculus and algebra before joining the faculty at Engineering & Technologies Academy at Roosevelt High School (ETA).

In his nomination of Ms. Lund for the SEEA, Mr. Robert Lozano, the Director of ETA, stated that “…Ms. Lund consistently promotes STEM through ETA when it hosts 8th-grade student visits through shadow days and magnet nights at ETA. Her background in Civil Engineering plays a key role in recruiting many visiting male and female students looking at exploring a career in STEM. Ms. Lund spends countless hours outside of her daily work schedule working with our students in preparing for the multiple phases of building a level 2 rocket for the NASA Student Launch (SL) yearly competition. She works with her rocketry students to prepare their… proposal for NASA, then works with the team’s mentor… to ensure the integrity and safety of their build. She truly is an inspiration to our students…”

Perhaps, Nathan Puckett, one of Ms. Lund’s students, put it best when he said, “…the genius of Mrs. Lund’s teaching style doesn’t just come from her flexibility regarding assignments. There is a certain simple elegance in the lessons she teaches to students that are quite difficult to put into words. Everything is linked logically and neatly with each other, which is impressive considering the non-standardized education she teaches. Just like life, things aren’t set in stone, and Mrs. Lund responds to it. However, one thing is for sure: Mrs. Lund has gone above and beyond any other teacher, and she’s certainly advanced the STEM field in more ways than one.”

The SEEA will be presented to Colin Lang and Morgan Lund at the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame Awards Dinner on March 26, 2020.


Nominations

STEM SEEA Nomination Form-2020