Gandhi Awards
Three Grover Middle School students were recently honored by the Association of Indians in America South Jersey Chapter at the celebration of Mahatma Gandhi’s Life on his 136th birth anniversary. The event was held at Princeton University on October 1 to spread Gandhi’s message of peace, non-violence, and racial and religious harmony.
Keerthana Krosuri received the first prize of $500 for middle school students. Evan Hunter received the third prize of $150. Gareth Dicker received one of two special prizes. All finalists and semi-finalists received a certificate and a copy of Es Reddy’s book “Mahatma Gandhi: Letters to Americans.”##M:[more]##
Middle school student’s submissions were based on Gandhi’s quotation, “an eye for eye makes the whole world blind.” Visit www.aia-sj.org for more information.
Faculty Award
Chris Bond led the West Windsor-Plainsboro Local Professional Development Committee to an award for excellence in professional development given by the New Jersey Education Association. Barbara Sheridan, Debbie Baer, Karen Galley, MaryAnn Isaacs, and Stephen Mayer were committee members.
The committee was built to allow teachers to assume ownership of their professional development experiences. At the same time — in response to a district survey, Columbia University trainers began to instruct teachers in classroom writing instruction.
