Education

President Ed Massey and District Board of Trustees Chair Jose Conrado chronicle IRSC’s road to the Aspen win at a school celebration.

Shining bright for 60 years

Post author:Michelle Moore
Post published:March 2, 2020
Post category:Education

Indian River State College this year is celebrating a milestone: 60 years of service to the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee County. The past six decades, marked by exceptional growth and significant progress, include the evolution of Indian River State College from a small junior college into a comprehensive community college, to one of Florida’s first four-year state colleges, to the Top College in the Nation.

Principal Corey Collins Heroux speaks to students in an English class at John Carroll High School in Fort Pierce. She taught English classes for many years at the regional Catholic school and became principal at the start of the current school year. ANTHONY INSWASTY PHOTOS

The ACCOMPLISHED PRINCIPAL

Post author:admin
Post published:March 4, 2019
Post category:Education Teachers of Interest

With generations of educators in the family, it is no surprise that Corey Collins Heroux turned to teaching as a career. Her mother, Teresita Valdivia Collins, taught math at many different levels in Indian River County schools while Heroux was young. But the decades of family involvement in teaching on the Treasure Coast date back to the late 1960s. Her maternal grandmother, Teri Valdivia, had come with her young family from Cuba fleeing Castro’s communist control. She spent several years teaching Spanish at then-Dan McCarty High School and later the newly-built Fort Pierce Central High School.

The LANGUAGE INSTRUCTOR

Post author:admin
Post published:March 4, 2019
Post category:Education Teachers of Interest

Talk to Nereida Steele and you can’t help but get impacted by her love for teaching. Her enthusiasm is contagious. Teaching is a special calling, she shares, a Godly mission for her life.

As a recipient of a Brickman Foundation grant, Kerryane Monahan researched the impact of climate change and pollution on fisheries in Newfoundland, Canada. She’s pictured here with a snow crab caught onboard the Southern Pride off Twillingate, Newfoundland, in June 2018. KERRYANE MONAHAN

The SCIENCE PROFESSIONAL

Post author:admin
Post published:March 4, 2019
Post category:Education Teachers of Interest

What does St. Edward’s School in Vero Beach have in common with the National Geographic Society? One very talented teacher. Dr. Kerryane Monahan, chair of the science department at St. Edward’s, has been awarded a fellowship with the National Geographic Society in the field of citizen science.

Students in the medical assisting program at Treasure Coast Technical College use lifelike, high-tech models to practice but must also be “stuck” themselves, drawing and having blood drawn from each other in the class. CHRISTINA TASCON PHOTOS

Tech advantage

Post author:admin
Post published:March 4, 2019
Post category:Education

Just one tiny pebble will cause a wave along the shore. The hope for the new Treasure Coast Technical College, located in the heart of Gifford, is that those who take advantage of its programs will be on that wave to their future.