River Eves Named Finalist in STEM Education Award

ROSWELL, GA -- Roswell's River Eves Elementary School has been named a finalist for the STEM Education Award from the Technology Association of Georgia and the TAG Education Collaborative.

The awards recognize and celebrate schools, extracurricular programs, public-private partnerships and more for outstanding efforts and achievement in supporting and promoting STEM education in Georgia.

River Eves is one of only five Fulton County Schools selected as a finalist from more than 180 nominations representing schools and organizations across the state. The winners will be announced in November.

“River Eves has a rich environment of technology integration with teachers and students using laptops, desktop computers, Surface Pros, iPads, Kindles, and Chromebooks to access a range of web sites and apps as part of their personalized instruction,” said Principal Neil Pinnock. “STEM education is expanding across the state and we’re proud River Eves is at the forefront, receiving honors like this.”

In related news, fifth grade teacher Pamela Sanford was awarded a $2,500 grant by the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium to purchase probeware, which is software used with microprocessors to make scientific measurements.

She plans to use the probeware with her students and members of the Science Olympiad team.

River Eves became a STEM-certified school last fall, the first Fulton County School to achieve this designation, and has earned numerous accolades, including two Reward School Titles for Highest-Performing Title I School.

Photo 1: River Eves Elementary in Roswell was named a finalist for a STEM Education Award from TAG and TAG-Ed. Students regularly use devices including iPads, Kindles, laptops and more for personalized classroom studies and assignments.
Photo 2: Fifth grade teacher Pam Sandford (back row, left) received a $2,500 grant from the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium. Sandford is a leader of the River Eves Elementary Science Olympiad team; last year’s team is pictured.
Photo credits: River Eves Elementary School