Monday, February 11, 2013
Johnston resident Dennis Kennedy, a teacher at Bay View Academy in East Providence, recently attended a United Nations conference.
Bay View Academy Upper School history teacher Dennis Kennedy, of Johnston, recently attended a conference at the United Nations in New York City by the Committee on Teaching About the United Nations’ (CTAUN). The conference, “Advancing Social Justice, the Role of Educators,” focused on economic inequality and human trafficking. Kennedy was one of more than 550 high school teachers and college professors from around the nation to attend. The conference included a key note address by U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, and remarks from many, including Somaly Mam, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2009) and founder of the Somaly Mam Foundation, dedicated to serving and protecting victims of human-…
Saturday, February 2, 2013
A Bay View Academy teacher hears some powerful stories about poverty, economic injustice and slavery at a UN conference on the role of educators to push for social justice.
A history teacher at Bay View Academy in East Providence heard some powerful stories about poverty, economic inequality and human trafficking at a United Nations conference in New York City several weeks ago. Dennis Kennedy, of Johnston, attended a conference sponsored by the Committee on Teaching About the United Nations’ (CTAUN). It was titled “Advancing Social Justice, the Role of Educators," and included more than 550 high school teachers and college professors from around the nation. The conference included a keynote address by the U.N. Under-Secretary-General, Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, and remarks from many, including Somaly Mam, one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People (2009) and founder of the Somaly Mam Foundation, …
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
St. Mary Academy — Bay View announced 27 recipients of the Excalibur National Honor Society for Excellence in Science, which include two Johnston residents.
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Da Min Ko and Joanna Carlino of Johnston were among 27 Bay View Academy students recently inducted into Excalibur National Honor Society for Excellence in Science. They were welcomed into the Society by keynote speaker and Bay View Alumna, Susan Lima Henry (’79) who is the Microbiology Technical Supervisor at East Side Clinical Laboratory in East Providence. Chartered for the first time at Bay View in the 1999, Excalibur is a National Honor Society that fosters excellence in the study of science, the pursuit of knowledge and the advancement of the world through technology and research. Membership is open to students in grades 9 through 12 who have demonstrated a proficiency in science by maintaining a minimum average of 90 in high school …
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