Preschool Teacher Alicia Coleates and Classroom Aide Dianne Wallenhorst (back row, l-r) pose with students in Coleates’ morning preschool class and the Youth Activities Award.The Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES Preschool Program received a Youth Activities Award from the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. Students in Alicia Coleates and Heather O’Loughlin’s morning and afternoon preschool classes received the award for their support of the military.
Under the direction of Classroom Aide Dianne Wallenhorst, approximately 45 preschool students from age 3 to 5 created and decorated Valentine’s Day cards for military men and women overseas. Wallenhorst is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Greece Post Unit 468 and was notified of the opportunity for the young students to help support the troops.
In February, the preschool students worked with stickers, glitter and paper hearts to send notes of love to those in the military. WEMOCO Career and Technical Education Center students enrolled in the Early Childhood Education program also assisted the preschoolers during the project.
BROCKPORT
Brockport High School students build solar powered electric car
Ashlee Wilmier, a sophomore at Brockport High School and member of the Brockport High School Blue Devils Race Team, sits at the controls of a solar powered electric car built by her and 22 other students, under the supervision of her Tech Teacher Craig Coon.
The car, designed and planned for around six months, took three weeks to build. It placed 16th out of 45 entrants at the Shell Eco-Marathon held recently in Houston, Texas, beating out some college entrants such as Duke University, University of Alaska, RPI and the University of Northern Arizona. It can run for 30 miles at around 22 mph when the Li ion 48V battery is completely charged by the large solar panel on top of the vehicle located behind the driver.
