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The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Washington |
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In the past, teacher awards were granted to support the purchase of classroom materials such as reference and history workbooks; resource video tapes; costumes from historical periods; an ELMO HV-110 Visual Presenter for deaf students; funding for the development of history classroom curriculum; and student archival research. If requesting Colonial Dames funding to attend a conference, workshop, or seminar, kindly include a brochure or syllabus with your application. History/Social Studies teachers are encouraged to apply for a Colonial Dames scholarship to pay for their transportation to to Gunston Hall. The Colonial Dames have also funded scholarships including those to cover travel to history courses at Colonial Williamsburg; the National Social Studies Conference; the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge; American Revolution history courses at Eastern Washington University, Whitworth College, and Loyola Marymount; teacher seminar classes at the University of Washington including the workshop "Can We Talk"; Heritage Institute classes on American and Washington state history; the Landmarks of American history workshops sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Monticello-Stratford Summer Seminar on Revolutionary America; Advanced History Placement courses and studies towards National Board certification. The teachers receiving Colonial Dames scholarships in 2006 were from 23 cities representing schools from across Washington state, including Vancouver, Mattawa, Everett, Port Orchard, Snohomish, Reardan, Stanwood, Wenatchee, Bainbridge Island, Covington, Federal Way, Moses Lake, Mukilteo, Des Moines, Monroe, Harbor, Spokane, Gig Harbor, Lynden, Selah, and Richland. LoAnne Harmeling, an outstanding Bainbridge Island High School teacher and recipient of the 2006 Larry Lowther Distinguished Service Award for Washington State History Day, in addition to receiving the 1994 Teacher of Merit Award for Washington State History Day, submitted the following words of appreciation for her 2007 Colonial Dames scholarship via an email sent from China. "I want to sincerely thank the Colonial Dames for sponsoring my educational opportunity at the Pearl Harbor Institute last summer. Both Kaycee Taylor and I plan to collaboratively teach Pearl Harbor when I return to Bainbridge High School next year. I am currently teaching oral English at Jiangdu Senior Middle School in Jiangdu, Jiangsu Peoples Republic of China. The lessons of Pearl Harbor are many, but among them is the cost of ignorance, as was clearly expressed in the stories of the survivors, in the sites, and through lectures by the scholar leaders. I thank you for providing me with the opportunity to learn and to acquire a new perspective and new materials to help the students of Bainbridge High School also learn about this important chapter in history. I look forward to next year and the inclusion of this material in Modern World History, our required sophomore course. Keep up the good work." Submitted by: LoAnne Harmeling Bainbridge Island High School Teacher and Recipient of the Colonial Dames Scholarship |
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