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Robert H. Wakelyn Jr., Florida AEM

Posted on September 27, 2023 at 9:11 PM by Virginia Smith

Robert Wakelyn, an elementary STEM teacher in Sanford, Florida, is the 2023 National ACE Teacher of the Year. September 27,...

Posted on April 27, 2023 at 1:50 PM by Virginia Smith

Howard D. Hardison, MSgt, (USAF Retired), AFJROTC instructor, invited a local TV meteorologist to his classroom while the students were...

Posted on December 19, 2022 at 1:05 PM by Virginia Smith

Courtney Gagnon uses CAP's Bee-Bot STEM Kit in lessons at Coosada Elementary School in Millbrook, Alabama, where she is the...

Posted on September 26, 2022 at 1:12 PM by Virginia Smith

Debbie Reynolds, a Pennsylvania AEM shown here on her CAP TOP Flight, has been a teacher since 1986. September 26,...

Posted on July 21, 2022 at 3:19 PM by Virginia Smith

Dr. Suzanne Banas has retired after 40 years teaching in public schools in Miami Dade County Florida. Her next project...

Posted on May 18, 2022 at 4:53 PM by Virginia Smith

Teacher Emily Gregory of Alabama has been a gifted specialist for 22 years. May 16, 2022 Meet Emily Gregory, gifted...

Posted on April 15, 2022 at 12:28 PM by Virginia Smith

Florida AEM Marian (Mare) Gilmore is the ACE Coordinator for Silver Sands School in Fort Walton Beach. Silver Sands was...

Posted on March 15, 2022 at 6:35 PM by Virginia Smith

Lisa Medlyn, an Arizona AEM, has been a CAP AEM for a year and is a participant in the ACE...

Posted on February 10, 2022 at 4:59 PM by Virginia Smith

Melanie Justice, a P.E. teacher at Creekside Elementary in Livingston, Texas, is the 2020-2021 National ACE School Coordinator of the...

Posted on January 10, 2022 at 4:35 PM by Virginia Smith

Kelli Jo Wilson, a 7th grade life science teacher at Holtville Middle School in Deatsville, Alabama, became a teacher because...