Teams from the Gov. Mifflin and Daniel Boone school districts took home honors in a statewide STEM contest.
The STEM Design Challenge asked students to use K Nex building blocks and recycled materials to design and build something to make a household appliance safer or more environmentally friendly.
Teams of two-to-four students had to design, build and present their creations. The presentations were done virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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The competition was broken into two categories. One for students in fourth and fifth grades, and one for students in grades six through eight.
The winner of the fourth and fifth grade contest was Brecknock Flex Farm from the Gov. Mifflin School District. The team members were:
Learning support teacher Sabrina Werley works with fourth grade student Jeremiah Ruiz during a math support class at Cumru Elementary School in Cumru Township Wednesday morning April 14, 2021. Werley is the 2021 recipient of the Annie Sullivan Award, given by the Berks County Intermediate Unit to recognize individuals who work to encourage the understanding and promotion of students with disabilities.
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Over the years, Hamid Chaudhry has made it his mission to purchase and turn around businesses in Berks County.
Dairy Queen locations in Kenhorst and Exeter Township, the Lukoil gas station in West Reading, the Wyomissing Family Restaurant & Bakery and the Shillington Farmers Market are among the success stories for the businessman.
Chaudhry recently announced a new project. He has purchased the site of a former Sheetz convenience store and gas station at 6600 Perkiomen Ave. in Exeter Township for $750,000. Wyomissing-based NAI Keystone Commercial & Industrial LLC handled the sale.
- Advertisement - I take it and spit-shine it, Chaudhry said in a phone interview. Every single property I ve owned. I work with old stuff.
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