Awards,+Grants+&+Honors

2013-2014

2012-2013 



2011-2012:

__**Jack Jouett Junior National Society of Black Engineers**__  ACPS Article:[]

•JJMS Jr. NSBE Team takes second place at Regionals! Sponsored by UVA CDE & Hampton Roads Future City; Carolyn Vallas & Juliet Trail, Greg Griffet-  *free software & student sponsored competition @ NASA www.futurecity.org '11-'12

**[|2011 Summer Research Experience for Teachers (RET)]** **@[| the Univeristy of Virginia's (UVA) Center for Diversity in Engineering (CDE):]**

I. PROGRAM OVERVIEW- Summer 2011 - <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">A. The Research Experiences for Teachers program is committed to providing opportunities for interested teachers from across the Commonwealth of Virginia area to be directly involved in cutting-edge research and to use the research as a springboard for developing nanotechnology-based lessons and labs for classroom use. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">B. Our commitment to area science and mathematics teachers includes opportunities for paid summer research and pedagogical work as well as recruitment for attendance at outreach-related seminars, workshops, and conferences.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**Brandon Lee's UVA Research Experience for Teachers Broader Impacts:School, Disctrict, State, National, and International Dissemination**__

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•UVA CDE & NSF-(UVA website/NSF registry) @http://www.seas.virginia.edu/admin/diversity/k12/retimpacts.php '11-'12

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**October 10th, 2011:**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**“STE@MMS: The Holistic Use of STEM Integrated with Modeling & Simulation”**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**2011 environmental engineering RET project at the Albemarle County “Making Connections” conference**__


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">media type="custom" key="24311708" width="108" height="132" align="left"As part of this National Science Foundationsponsored program, each summer, UVA STEM faculty select interested area teachers to join them in their labs for an intensive course of collaborative research and study. Teacher-participants work alongside faculty and graduate students, potentially collaborating with the Summer Research Experience for Undergraduate participants as well, directly contributing to cutting-edge nanotechnology research and developing teaching modules based on their lab experience which they can take back into their classrooms for introducing this field of study to their students. RET participants spend five to six weeks as full-time research scientists in their UVA STEM laboratory, and are paid a stipend for their participation.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**[|PRESENTER FOR THE "BREAKING TRADITIONS" ONLINE CONFERENCE]**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**[|AT MURRAY HIGH SCHOOL IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA]**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**Archiveof Conference Presentation**__ media type="custom" key="24311898" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">-ACPS making connections <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">(County-wide professional day workshop) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Fall '11

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**__December 2011:__** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**__[|The Virignia Society of Technology in Education Annual Conference]-__** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**__Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke VA__** media type="custom" key="24311710" align="center"


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">VSTE annual conf -Http://2011.vsteconference.org/ Winter '11

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**[|PRESENTER for THE STUDENT VIRGINIA EDUCATOR'S ASSOCIATION (VEA)]** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**[|ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN WILLIAMSBURG VA]** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**[|at THE HOSPITALITY HOUSE MARCH 2012]**

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">-ACPS Murray High School annual online conferencemedia type="custom" key="24311938" align="right" <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">@http://www.studentvea.org/2012/02/march-23-24-2012-williamsburg.html?m=1 <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Spring '12

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**SUMMER 2012 SESSION FACILITATOR:**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> __**THE VIRGINIA TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING & EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION (VTEEA)**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**IN FREDERICK COUNTY VA**__ media type="custom" key="21427430" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">@http://www.vtea.org/ @http://www.vtea.org/board.php '11-'12
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">VTEEA- State Conference Round Table Discussion on UVA RET
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">VTEEA Valley Regional President- (Board of Directors)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**FALL 2011**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**[|CLASSROOM OF THE WEEK: Mr. Lee's 8th Graders*]**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">October 11, 2011"On Mondays we salute our Classroom of the Week. This week we're highlighting Mr. Lee's eighth grade engineering class at Jack Jouett Middle School in Albemarle County.Students in Mr. Lee's class are working on activities that investigate #|alternativeenergy sources, which they create through science, technology, engineering and math concepts.Recently, the class was working on eco-friendly doghouses and energy cycles to power them. The students are also experimenting with getting energy from wind." <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">@http://www.newsplex.com/classroom/headlines/Classroom_of_the_Week_Mr_Lees_8th_Graders_131511818.html
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">(Newsplex classroom of the week),

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**Fall 2011**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> __**[|NEA Classroom Super Hero]**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">2010-2011:

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**WINTER 2010 & 2011**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**NATIONAL TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**@JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**[|(WVPT & NTTI published lessons)]**__

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**FALL 2011**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**Jack Jouett Middle School JR.NSBE Regional Competition**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•UVA NSBE; <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">(org start up $; 2nd place finish in region; ACPS website), <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Http://Albemarle.org/2011/02/Jouett-robotics-team-takes-second-at-NSBE-nationals/ media type="custom" key="24309246" align="center"

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**__"Regional Fair highlights"__** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> media type="custom" key="24308762" align="center"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">[|2011 Valley Regional Fair Winners List] **

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]] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">media type="custom" key="23054822" align="left"•Jerry Ridgeway, LaTasha Watson- TSA sponsors(ACPS website post- April 19th 2011@ 8:47am) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Http://engineering-building-maintenance.wikispaces.com/page/diff/home/221475364

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**SPRING 2011**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**WIND ENERGY ENGINEERING**__ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;"> ____**Mr. Lee's Tech Class:**____ media type="custom" key="24308782" align="center" width="110" height="110"
 * __JMU wind energy: Earth Day "Energy Fair" @ JJMS Spring'11__ **

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">__**AFRICAN DRUMMING & DANCE ENSEMBLE**__ media type="custom" key="24308862" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•UVA African Drumming;Michele Kisliuk & Anna Duning-(UVA AD&Dance spring performance participants at Cabell Hall )'10-'11

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">2009-2010:

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Jack Jouett Middle School Technology Student Association 2010 media type="custom" key="24311776" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•YLA, TSA & VTEEA:Tammy Cavanaugh, LaTasha Watson & Lynn Basham- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">(TSA grant for start-up) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Spring '10

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">ONLINE TEACHER TRAINING



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•ACPS & UVA: (Online Learning class for ACPS teachers) <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Http://onlinestudentassessments.wikispaces.com/ <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">School year: '09-'10

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">2008-2009:

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**[|Local Group Keeps Outdoor Pets Warm]** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**•YLA & HOWS with Tammy Cavanaugh & Stacey Norris** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**January 25, 2009** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">"Winter can be a tough time, especially for outdoor pets, but one local group is working to give dogs in central Virginia a warm place to sleep.The H.O.W.S. project stands for "Houses of Wood and Straw" and that is what this group is giving to dogs who don't have proper shelter outside.As temperatures have dropped into the 20s and even single digits over the past few days, H.O.W.S. is out to make sure outdoor pets have a warm home.Volunteers spent Sunday delivering dog houses, which were built in shop classes in area middle and high schools, to pet owners throughout the area."We've done wooden dog houses for the project. Wood tends to insulate, it's a natural insulator in the colder season. In warmer season, it helps to dissipate heat. It's a good place to go for shade, but heat doesn't get stuck inside the house either," said H.O.W.S. Project Coordinator, Stacey Norris.Inspired by PETA's Angels for Animals project in Norfolk,



<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Norris began the H.O.W.S. project from the ground up. This year, the project will provide a total of 51 doghouses for backyard dogs in Albemarle, Greene and Fluvanna County."You see a lot of negativity doing this. I mean you'll see animals that don't have any shelter whatsoever; they have no where to go," said Cindy Lawhorne, a volunteer for the project.Norris says that animals are not well protected by laws in Virginia."There is a law in Virginia that says they have to have outdoor shelter, but the law is vague. Basically it requires three sides a roof and a floor and that's it," she said.That, however, is not the only reason why Norris is motivated to help these backyard dogs."Love of animals and respect for what's around us. I think it goes beyond just being an animal lover, I think it's the right thing to do," she said.Norris hopes the H.O.W.S. project will be the beginnings of a non-profit that she hopes to start up. Norris plans to educate people on taking care of their animals, and petitioning government officials about improving animal rights laws in Virginia."

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**•NPR story with Stacey Norris-** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**(doughouse footage & NPR radio)** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">**Winter '09;** media type="custom" key="24309510" align="center"

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">2007-2008:

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">[|UVA & Jack Jouett Middle School][|_"AFRICAN DRUMMING & DANCE "]

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•UVA Music Dept. & JJMS PTA: african drumming start up for equipment <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Spring '08

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">2007-2010:

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">African American Teaching Fellows of Charlottesville/Albemarle with Host Andrea Copeland media type="youtube" key="zEqnfv3b7Ao" height="176" width="238" align="center"

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Andrea Gaines- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">(AATF & CPA-TV ), <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">'07-'08

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">"TALKING ABOUT TEACHING" <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">•Greta & Enid Creeger, Scott Guggenheimer: AATF promotional video '09-'10

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Recruiting @ Hampton University for the Education Career Fair w/ ACPS HR manager Mitsuko Clemmons Nazeer- <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">( HU, AATF @http://www.aateachingfellows.org/fellows_lee.php (2007, 2008 & 2009)
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: center;">Presenters for Dr. Gertrude Henry's Education class @ HU(Associate Professor of Education)