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The Ohio High School Athletic Association’s 2017 Girls Tennis State Championships take place Oct. 20-21 at Mason’s Lindner Family Tennis Center

The tournament will feature the state’s top 16 girls’ high school singles players and doubles teams within Division I and Division II tennis.

On Monday, Oct. 9, Khalila Thomas, senior project coordinatorfortheNASAGlennResearch Center, will be at Dennis Elementary working with teachers.

This is the result of approval of a proposal for NASA’s Educator Professional Development Program, written by the Springboro Community City School District. for a $14,000 grant.

The grant will allow the district to help teachers create and deliver process skill learning experiences. This will provide teacherswith access to NASA content, resources and personnel that they can use, in the classroom, to create lessonswhich will incorporate the engineering design process, inquiry-based STEM lessons and project-based learning activities using Ohio’s Math and Science Learning Standards.

Math and science teachers for grades 4-8 will have the opportunity to participate in professional development activities carriedout over three days, with follow-up meetings and classroom visits. Full-day meetings will be held in September and early October, allowing teachers the time to implement lessons and follow up on assessment. Also there will be video-chat sessions withNASA personnel and student participation in an augmented reality/virtual