鉴黄师app Names Whitney Rogers 2017 Outstanding Young Alumna
鉴黄师app Names Whitney Rogers 2017 Outstanding Young Alumna
Fort Scott, Kan.鈥敿剖pp is pleased to announce Whitney Rogers has been selected as the 2017 Outstanding Young Alumna by the 鉴黄师app Alumni and Friends Board of Directors. 鉴黄师app will host a reception to honor Rogers and Timbi West, the 2017 Outstanding Alumna, at 10:30 am on Friday, May 19, in the meeting rooms of the Danny & Willa Ellis Family Fine Arts Center, 2108 South Horton, Fort Scott. Rogers will speak at the 9:00 am graduation ceremony on May 19.鈥犫≧ogers is a fourth grade teacher at George Nettles Elementary School in Pittsburg, Kan. She earned her associate of science degree from 鉴黄师app in 1997. 鈥淎lthough many years have passed since I attended there, 鉴黄师app still holds a very dear place in my heart,鈥 said Rogers. 鈥淭he two years I attended there were the highlight of my college career.鈥濃犫ˋfter graduating from 鉴黄师app, Rogers enrolled at Mid America Nazarene University to pursue her bachelor鈥檚 degree in elementary education and graduated summa cum laude in 1999. Rogers earned her master鈥檚 degree and certification in English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) from Pittsburg State University in 2008.鈥犫ˋfter graduating with her bachelor鈥檚 degree, Rogers went on to work at Mission Trail Elementary as a fourth grade teacher. From 2001 to 2003, she worked at Lusher Elementary as a fourth grade and second grade teacher. Rogers served as a kindergarten teacher at Eugene Ware Elementary from 2003 to 2006. From 2010 to 2012, she served as an adjunct instructor at Labette Community College. Since 2012, she has taught at George Nettles Elementary.鈥犫‵rom 2005 to 2009, Rogers served on the 鉴黄师app Alumni and Friends Board. 聽She has participated in a variety of community service projects and coordinated supply drives to support the country of Haiti after it was devastated by an earthquake. She has written and worked on grants to receive thousands of dollars for classroom supplies to benefit her students. Rogers was invited to speak at the 2016 National Science Education Association Conference about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) in the classroom. In 2016, she was one of only 32 other teachers in the U.S. selected to receive the Rural Community Trust grant to travel abroad for professional development. She traveled to Taiwan to learn how the schools teach math and science to bring that knowledge back to her classroom. She is an active member of the Pittsburg Nazarene Church, where her husband, Kyle, is the pastor. Rogers resides in Pittsburg, Kan., with her husband and three children, Noah, Grace, and Luke.