One teacher turned a $20,000 award into a fully stocked science lab. The other landed on national TV for saying good morning to her students. On Oct. 21, the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board recognized them both.
A lab makeover, again
Stephanie Trimble teaches science at Port Allen High School. She just won a $20,000 lab makeover from the Shell Science Lab Regional Challenge. It’s the second time she’s won it.
Trimble said the money fully stocked her classroom this year. It also lets her students use science to solve real problems and take that work out into the community, she said.
“The kids see that somebody believes in them,” Trimble said. “And that’s meaningful for them.”…