At the Fifteenth Annual Celebration of Achievement Banquet on Saturday, April 25, 2009, the South Florida Industry Partners For Education recognized Seminole SECME student Kayleigh Previte as the 2008-2009 SECME Student of the Year from Seminole Ridge High School. The student receiving this award will be chosen by the individual SECME School Coordinators. Criteria for this award are broad and could include such things as: most team spirit, best attendance, hardest worker, or most improved SECME student. The purpose of this award is to recognize an unsung hero, a student who otherwise might not receive an award. One award per school will be given. Congratulations, Kayleigh! Below is part of her letter of nomination:
Reason for this award: I have known Kayleigh as a Physics Honors student, and a member of the school’s SECME club. She is gifted both academically and socially, an outgoing individual with a first rate intelligence. Kayleigh made an incredibly strong first impression when I noticed that in small group work, her natural affinity as a team leader emerged. Her contributions were considered by her classmates, and they (as well as I) recognized her well reasoned conclusions. This continued after school as well, when she joined SECME. In an informal educational setting, she works exceptional well with others on doing hands-on project based learning.
At problem solving, she applies her prior knowledge, supports it with mathematical computation where appropriate, and is ready roll with a practical demonstrations by field testing of her potential solutions. She commands the full range of skills of a great student. She is on task, ready to learn, when the bell sounds. She transitions quickly between working as an individual to group work. I have recommended her for an internship at Scripps this summer, and encourage her to be captain of the SECME team next year.
Further, in addition to being intelligent, she is extremely personable. Her friendliness and cheerful personality make me as a teacher look forward to having her in my class, and participating in SECME’s engineering contests.
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