Education briefs
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Teachers receive Milken awards
Two Hawai'i teachers received prestigious Milken National Educator Awards yesterday at a black-tie gala at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.
Dewey Gottlieb of Pearl City High School and Elden Seta of Moanalua High School learned in October that they would receive the awards, but just received the $25,000 checks at the event, part of the 15th Annual Milken National Education Conference.
The Milken awards are the largest teacher recognition program in the country. This year 100 teachers, principals and specialists from 47 states and the District of Columbia were recognized.
Student's poster on display, online
An eighth-grader's artwork is on display at public schools across the state in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, which lasts until Saturday.
Wai Yan Lam, who attends Kawananakoa Middle School, designed the "Mahalo" poster featuring a drawing she calls "the gift of art." The poster says, "Teachers inspire us to see the possibilities. Thank you for making the difference!"
The National Education Association and the National Parent Teacher Association observe the first full week in May as Teacher Appreciation Week and Tuesday was National Teacher Day.
The poster can be viewed and downloaded at http://doe.k12.hi.us.
Iolani earns berth in economics final
A team from Iolani School will travel to New York City to compete in the national Economics Challenge May 17-19.
Students Kymberlee Collins, Stephanie Le, Kyle Sombrero and Brandon Inouye took first place in the West Regional National Council of Economics Education/Goldman Sachs Foundation National Economics Challenge, held April 26 in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Another Iolani team came in third at the same competition. Those team members were Matthew Ardo, Ryan Lau, Kevin Okumura, Damon Jones and Jessica Yang.
Both teams had finished first in a different division of the state challenge.
Project advances to national level
Kamehameha Schools high school student Kiana Frank will travel to Denver, Colo., next month to compete in a national science competition.
Frank was the state winner of the U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize. She will represent Hawai'i June 10-12 with the project "Effect of Residual and Agricultural Runoff on a Hawaiian Ahupua'a: Molecular Microbial Ecology of Water Systems."
The winner of that competition will receive $2,500 and a paid trip to Stockholm, Sweden, for the international competition.
