Champions+of+Service-Learning

==The "Champions" are Round Rock ISD teachers with experience in and a passion for service-learning. Want to know more or have questions about how to get started? Don't be shy. Give them a call and get some ideas from a pro!==

**Rachael Brunson** - //Texas Teacher of the Year Finalist 2011[[image:brunson_individual_picture.jpg width="80" height="116" align="right"]]//

 * Great Oaks Elementary, 4th grade
 * Integrated 4th grade IMM with a canned food and drive and hunger awareness project
 * Teacher website - [|Class website]
 * To learn more about read here: Rachael Brunson
 * email

**Bill Earley -** //2011 Winner of the John F. Ahrns Award for Environmental Education //

 * Laurel Mountain Elementary, 5th grade[[image:bill_earley_2.jpg width="80" height="91" align="right"]]
 * Integrated 5th grade curriculum with outdoor nature preserve and garden on campus
 * Teacher website - Earley's Eagles
 * email

**Pam Bartholomew**

 * Forest Creek Elementary, 4th grade[[image:PamPhoto_cropped.jpg width="80" height="90" align="right"]]
 * Integrated 4th grade writing TEKS with pen pal program and visits to elders
 * Teacher website - [|Bartholomew's Bats]
 * To learn more about Pam, read here: Age to Age: Multigenerational Pen Pal Project
 * e-mail

**Tina Vick[[image:vick.jpg width="85" height="106" align="right"]]**

 * McNeil HS, Biology and Enviromental Systems
 * Implemented environmental grant through the Green Club
 * Teacher website - [|Teacher website]
 * email

**Kelly Schafer[[image:kelly_final.jpg width="80" height="95" align="right"]]**

 * Old Town ES, Art
 * Uses service-learning in art classes, led Empty Bowl Festival
 * Teacher website - Teacher website
 * email

**Katherine McCarty[[image:KathrynMcCarty.jpg width="91" height="99" align="right"]]**

 * Success High School, English/Language Arts
 * Has developed service-learning projects to address poverty, environment
 * email

**Ron Goins[[image:goins_photo.jpg width="80" height="91" align="right"]]**

 * Hopewell MS, 6th Grade World Cultures
 * Has integrated preservation of a historic cemetery with Texas history
 * email

**Jenny Bell[[image:Jenny_bell.jpg width="98" height="117" align="right"]]**

 * Spicewood ES, 4th Grade
 * Has used service-learning with environmental science
 * email

**Laura Lee Stroud[[image:lauralee.jpg width="101" height="104" align="right"]]**

 * Hopwell MS, Reading Specialist, ELAR
 * Worked with middle schoolers to take action on the achievement gap
 * email

Janet Marek[[image:janet_photo.jpg width="90" height="120" align="right"]]

 * Canyon Vista MS, Leadership
 * Integrates service into teen leadership classes
 * email