Henrietta presenting to new CTE teachers in Cumberland County As I sit here during Labor Day Weekend (Man they named it correctly!) and reflect upon the summer and the first week of the school year 2014-15, I realize just how much information and technique I have learned and implemented. I began the summer going to Iowa for a capstone experience relating to an online Laser and light course, the next week I was at Mertek participating in the Kenan Externship revisiting much of the coursework I learned in college (So many years ago!) and then off to NCCAT and later Raleigh where I had the opportunity to attend world class teacher training. Let me say at this time much of the information gleaned during the training was wonderful and very useful.Believe it or not, when I finished my externship, I began a 10 hour online general OSHA training course. It was a bit more than 10 hours. Before school began, I had the opportunity to present to new science teachers and then new CTE teachers while collaborating with other Kenan Fellows. I also had the chance to present to experienced history teachers from my high school. In the first four days of school my students have already done chenille wires (pipe cleaners are considered drug paraphernalia in some areas), begun an interactive engineering notebook with a section relating to safety and am now having students bring in items to reverse engineer next week. This will be a part of my Kenan Project. We are working on a field trip to Sanford for Manufacturing Day. Hopefully it will happen. I guess, the lessons learned by this Kenan Fellow, Class of 2014-15, will really be reflected in the lessons taught during the school year 2014-15.

All I can say is Wow!!!! It has been a busy summer!!! I have gone from Iowa and lasers that have nothing to do with Kenan, then Mertek, then NCCAT, back to Mertek, next Raleigh, and then back to Mertek to finish and say goodbye. I am now working on an OSHA Certificate at my computer and thinking about next year. I have a schedule I did not anticipate and will have to work around it for the Kenan Fellowship. Just before the beginning of the year I will be working on flip the classroom and interactive notebooks with new science teachers and then safety in the classroom with new CTE teachers. Busy! Just busy! My summer has been wonderful! I think the learning and meeting great people has been an integral part of this summer experience. I have kept a daily journal of my exploits but can honestly say that the best part of this experience has been being appreciated and respected for what I do in the classroom.