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 Every teacher has a dream to reach the students within their classroom. Few are able to reach the full potential of what has been placed within their hearts to do because of finance or other setbacks. At Blissfield Community Schools we are fortunate to have a community that strides after excellence and supports teachers to help reach their goals. Over the course of my teaching career there are many ideas and thoughts that I have come across. Many experts have shared their experience with me and I have tried to glean from their successes. Without the following individuals and organizations, I would not be where I am today in the field of education. .Thanks to the Blissfield Administration and the Board of Education for their releasing me to follow my passion of science. .Thanks to my Blissfield Elementary principals: Hal Schankin, who required excellence and encouraged us to move forward; Pat Gitersonki, for releasing to follow dream Dee Crane, who listens to dreams as she stears us to achieve more. .Thanks to my colleagues at Blissfield, especially the fifth grade staff, for ideas and inspiration as they reach children daily. .Thanks to The Blissfield Foundation for Educational Education for their continual support of the Blissfield Community Schools and BELL project! /foundation/. .Stan and Trish Smith for the school improvement "Beyond Observation Workshop" and their book of the same name. Stan ssmith@warrensburg.k12.mo.us Trish ts@warrensburg.k12.mo.us Thanks to Lourdes College Life Lab, Sylvania, Ohio for support and consultation. http://www.lourdes.edu/search/search.aspx?s=96 Sr. Rosine Sobczak, OSF Program Director Lourdes College and the two following of the Life Lab who instruct and keep the life lab happening at Lourdes! Linda Penn Program Coordinator Lourdes College. Marge Malinowski Living Display / Animal Care Specialist Lourdes College. .Thanks to Abimbola Fajobi -YMCA Storer Camps for support of our fifth grade curriculum and all the learning opportunities. http://www.ymcastorercamps.org/
.Bill Burd, National and Regional Science Resource Consultant and lecturer, presentation of his Physical Science Workshop. wburd@sbcglobal.net .Marcia Tester, retired teacher, Kent County Science Consultant and lecturer, presentation of her Earth Science Workshop .Kim (Small) Anderson for the Process Skills and Grade Level Activities using observations and investigations ideas. Pam Bunch, Director of the LISD Stubnitz Environmental Education Center for her activities and ideas to support environmental education. .Ruth Moxon, Kent County ISD Curriculum Consultant, presentation of her KC4 Science Workshop giving research and systematic approaches to science instruction Phone 616-365-2272 Curriculum Crafter, a cutting edge science curriculum that supports not only the Michigan Science Content Expectations but is a National Common Core Curriculum. www.curriculumcrafter.org/ Contact Holly Buss at: HollyBuss@kentisd.org .Toledo Zoo for support and consultation. http://www.toledozoo.org/ .Sam Ball for his salt water inspiration. .My fifth grade teacher, Mr. Sindel, for dreaming of trees and a pond outside his classroom, which inspired me. I can still see the trees in my mind as he discribed his dream outside his classroom. .Thanks to those who have shared ideas on the net. .Thanks to the AIMS Education Foundation for ideas and activities. http://www.aimsedu.org/ .MEMMIC Foundation for the generous support of the salt water system in the BELL .Thanks to Peg Charlefour who is a master teacher that inspires with creativity those she comes in contact with. .Thanks to Marcia Hojnacki, our grade level chair, for sharing and leading our grade level with her master teaching ability!Thanks to Karen Wilson, Blissfield Elementary Science Curriculum Chair for her leadership to develop our science curriulum. .Thanks to Connie Graf, for her words of encouragement and challenge! .Thanks to Rob Stranges for giving me the opportunity to share with Sienna Heights University and Adrian College education students my passion for integrating art in the classroom and my love for science. .Thanks to my wife and family for countless hours of time and support within my classroom and at home listening to dreams and making them reality! .For many other supports of the BELL Dream go to /elementaryschool/belllab/bellthanks/ .To those I have overlooked, forgive me. I do give you a giant, THANKS !
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