Kudos & Bits

Steve Marsden, a fifth-grade teacher at Duchesne Elementary School, for being named one of 15 “Teachers of Excellence.” MySci, a program that provides hands on science for elementary students, awarded Marsden the certificate for his work on its “Science Alive” investigative science learning program.

For the last two years, Marsden’s students have learned about and cared for numerous live creatures, including a chinchilla, python snake and cocktail bird. As a Teacher of Excellence, Marsden will help MySci develop a new curriculum that better meets student and teacher needs. He received the Challenger Center for Space Science Education’s Turner N. Wiley Award in May.

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Theresa Wohldmann of Florissant, a 6-foot sophomore on the University of Dallas volleyball team, was named a 2010 U./S. Collegiate Athletic Association 9USCAA) First-tem All-American. A graduate of Nerinx Hall, she is the daughter of Tom and Marla Wolhdmann

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