Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/115069
old ion Wyoming Music Educators Association Honors Outstanding Members By Judy Trohkimoinen, Central/NE Region UniServ Director a large locals. cing ing, Central/Northeast UniServ Director Judy Trohkimoinen sits at the WEA table during the event. Music educators from across Wyoming met to hear excellent music groups, attend sessions on improving their classroom techniques and repertoire, and honor some of their own members during the annual Wyoming Music Educators Association (WMEA) All State Music Conference January 20-22 in Gillette. The awards banquet was held on Monday night, and among the honored music educators were WEA members: Razmick Sarkissian, Sheridan (Sheridan Central EA) - NFHSMA Outstanding Music Educator Award; and Jeff Kitterman, Douglas (Douglas EA) - Meritorious Service Award. Retiring WMEA members were also recognized, including Sheridan East EA President Kathy Clements, who has taught for 37 years. Congratulations to our WEA colleagues who are outstanding music educators! Northwest UniServ Director Jean Peterson chats with attendees at the event. SWEA Awarded Thousands t ntact Recently the Student Wyoming Education Association, at the state level and the UW Local, were awarded grant money from the NEA for fundraising and membership organization activities totalling more than $3,000. The State SWEA President Meagan Ross and UW Local President Kendall Workman worked very hard while researching ���Outreach to Teach��� projects, as well as fundraising and membership organization opportunities. An ���Outreach to Teach��� project is planned by the statewide SWEA in the Casper area April 20th. The UW local chapter is holding a fundraising silent auction and bingo night May 4th, to benefit the new University of Wyoming Literacy Research Center and Clinic. ���Outreach to Teach��� is a project that came about after Student NEA leaders participated in a beautification project by repairing a local school at the Student Leadership Conference in Atlanta, GA in 1996. Since then, the NEA Student Program members have continued to volunteer at schools in need of rehabilitation during the Student Leadership Conference, which occurs the week prior to NEA Representative Assembly. These projects also receive support of attendees to the NEA Retired Conference. NEA ���Outreach to Teach��� has helped schools and communities all over the U.S., wherever the NEA RA is held. Now, local and state student chapters throughout the country have taken In NEA Grant Money up the torch at other times of the year to assist schools in need in their own communities and states. Next month, the Student Wyoming Education Association will team up with members at a Casper elementary school to help with some beautification projects. Any student chapter may apply for NEA grants. Campus advisors at most Wyoming community colleges are able to help student chapters with grant information and other opportunities with the SWEA. For information regarding a SWEA chapter at your community college, or NEA student grants for local college chapters, contact Communications Director and State Student Organizer Coleen Haines at chaines@nea.org. SPRING 2013 Spring 2013.indd 7 | wyoea.org 7 3/11/13 2:48 PM