Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award: 2006 Recipients

Applicants were asked to submit proposals for projects related to the work of Facing History that would cost up to $2500 to implement. Educators in New England from public and private schools who work with children in grades 6-12 and who have taken at least one Facing History and Ourselves institute or online course were eligible to apply. A special thanks to David and Nina Fialkow, the generous sponsors of this award, and to the selection committee for their careful consideration.

The 2006 recipients are:

• Adrianne Billingham of Lexington High School will attend gacaca hearings as well as other sites in Rwanda in July 2007 for professional development.
• Elaine Cawley-Weintraub of Martha's Vineyard Regional High School completed a class project culminating in a book, a film, and an action-based project. She also provided professional development to other teachers in her role as department chair, culminating in a trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
• Emily Hewitt of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School used Elie Wiesel's Night to engage English language learners in a study of the Holocaust and to help with their language skills.
• Brendan Malanga of Tech Boston Academy helped fund a class trip to Germany, the Czech Republic, and Poland to visit sights of significance related to the Holocaust, WWII, and the Cold War.
• Miriam Morgenstern of Lowell High School conducted classroom projects based on Simon Wiesenthal's The Sunflower. She also planned a class trip to the Facing History School in New York City and participated in additional professional development. Read more about Miriam
• Todd Wallingford of Hudson High School used the funds to open Holocaust survivor Rena Finder's presentation to the greater Hudson community, on behalf of the school's civics and English teachers. The remainder went toward students' service projects.