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She said a little boy named Ryan had âtugged at her heart strings.â âThat summer, not only did I help Ryan, but he helped me realize what I wanted to do with my life,â Norwood said. âI am so very grateful that I chose to follow that path.â   On Thursday, Norwood â who has served 17 of her 20 years as an educator with the Belton Independent School District â was recognized as the Belton ISD Elementary Teacher of the Year. Her Sparta Elementary students surprised her with the recognition. âI am honored to be recognized by my peers for what I do each day,â she said. âBeing a teacher is not just a job to me, it is part of who I am. I want to see my students succeed no matter how big or small their success is.â ....
A teacher in the Belton Independent School District is one of just 10 educators from across the country selected to be a 2021 National STEM Scholar. But Jennifer Snead, the teacher at North Belton Middle School who was selected, wasnât always confident that she would be among the 10 finalists for the yearlong Science, Technology Engineering and Math professional development training. âIt all started when a former administrator saw the opportunity and sent it to me,â Snead, a sixth-grade science teacher, said. âShe told me, âHey, this would be amazing for you to do.â But I was really questionable about doing it ⦠and second-guessed myself quite a bit.â ....
Here’s what you should check out this week: Lady Day: The United States vs. Billie Holiday looks at the legendary blues singer’s fight to sing “Strange Fruit.” The song’s painful and powerful response to lynching was so controversial that the government, particularly the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, harrassed Holiday to silence her from performing it. The new film, which comes out on Hulu on February 26, was written by renowned playwright Suzan-Lori Parks and directed by Lee Daniels ( Precious, The Butler). Both Parks and Daniels will join a virtual panel discussion about Holiday and the film hosted by the National Museum of African American History & Culture. Monday 2/22 at 7 PM; Free, register here. ....
January 28th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Anna Torres Celebrate the Mayan New Year with a Mayan astronomy webinar in Spanish and more in February’s lineup of virtual programs from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. ( El Castillo (Pyramid of Kukulcán) in Chichén Itzá by Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0) A virtual science café, an online lecture on coral reproduction and a Mayan Astronomy webinar in Spanish; stream these free programs and more this February through the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. How Beetles Adapted to Survive Feb. 3, 1 p.m. ET Discover the dazzling diversity of beetles with Entomologist Floyd Shockley in a National Museum of Natural History program streaming Feb. 3. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian) ....