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WE DID IT! We won $5,000 for Dryden

10/1/2012

We won! Out of 158 entries and 30 finalists, Dryden's Rotoscope Animation on iPads Entry has been selected as a winner in the McGraw-Hill STEMie Awards. The award recognizes exceptional teaching in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We added ART to the STEMie contest to give it the STEAM our students need to be creative problem-solvers in the 21st century.
Read more of my thoughts on this in my NAEA monthly mentor post. Dryden will receive a grant of $5,000 which is their second place prize! Learn more about this contest here.

Thank you for your support and encouragement.
We couldn’t have done it without you!

5th Grade Rotoscope Animation on iPads from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

Thank you @akemisessler for the "Sweet" show of support for our #mhestemies award. @drydenschool rocks! twitter.com/fuglefun/statu…
— Tricia Fuglestad (@fuglefun) October 2, 2012

11 Comments

Mr. Solarz link

10/1/2012 11:01:01 am

Westgate students and staff are so proud of you guys!!! Way to go Dryden!!!

Tricia

10/1/2012 11:06:56 am

Thank you Mr. Solarz,
It was a community win for sure! We had so much support to help get out the votes and a group of 100 5th grade artists wowing the judges with their collaborative animation project.

Tiffany @ Artsonia link

10/1/2012 11:44:14 am

Congratulations from all of us at Artsonia! All the time/creativity you put into your entry...combined with the efforts you made to get your students' collaborative project in front of voters -- you certainly deserve this award/honor! Way to go!!!

Wendy Reitz

10/1/2012 11:56:51 am

Thank you for promoting the creation of this very exciting project for our students and for having the stamina to enter it as a STEMie and see it through the awards process. It's a well deserved award for you, the students, and the entire school community! We are so proud of you all!

Mr. D

10/1/2012 10:10:31 pm

What an amazing feat you have accomplished! Well done!

Jen Smith

10/2/2012 12:00:11 am

Congratulations! We at South are so happy for you all! What a great projects!

Elaine Rau

10/2/2012 01:45:10 am

Trish,
Congratulations to all of the students who worked on this and to you for your endless energy and creativity!

Laura Ryerson

10/2/2012 10:46:57 pm

So cool! Congrats to the best art teacher imaginable, the awesome kids of the Dryden class of 2012, and the most amazing school community around!

Denise Beihoffer

10/4/2012 07:03:17 am

Awesome! Many, many congrats! The Beihoffer family is privileged to be a part of the creative and most excellent Dryden community!

Nancy Heintz

10/4/2012 07:15:11 am

Congratulations on the award! You're amazing and you help the students do such creative, beautiful work. So glad our family is part of this great community! Sincere thanks for all you do!

Mrs. Fuglestad

10/4/2012 11:26:06 am

Thank you everyone for your kind words. This couldn't be won without YOU and your support. This was a team effort from the school, community, and folks beyond (via social networks). This is YOUR win for OUR students:)

About Me

Tricia Fuglestad, NBCT,
is the K-5 art teacher at Dryden Elementary School in Arlington Heights, IL. with a masters in K-12 technology integration. Tricia has been recognized for her innovative teaching in 2010 with the PBS Teachers Innovation Award, won Illinois Art Teacher of the Year in 2011, awarded Teacher of Distinction in 2012 by the Golden Apple Foundation, received Western Region Elementary Art Teacher of the Year 2013, selected to become a Jacobs Educator 2014-15, was presented with the NAEA Art Technology Outstanding Community Service Award in 2016, honored with the ISTE Teacher Educator Network Tech in Action award, 2018, and won an Art Education Leadership Award via Artsonia in 2019. Learn more here.