Three faculty members at Girls Preparatory School are among a group of educators nationwide chosen for summer programs.
* Patricia Rice, who teaches Global Cultures in the Middle School and a Modern East Asian History course in the Upper School, will attend “China’s Century? Global Issues, Classroom Applications.” It is a five-day residential institute at the University of Colorado.
Ms. Rice has formerly been a Fulbright Summer Fellow in Indonesia.
* Katye Couch, who teaches middle-school science, will be one of 24 participants at the Science Center for Teaching, Outreach and Research on Meteorology at the University of Northern Iowa.
Participants in this all-expenses paid, one-week course will learn about models and tools used to study and forecast air quality. They will develop student activities to study air quality, activities that can be shared in classrooms across the country.