Neighbors in the News
• Ross Barnowski, a 2006 Barrington High School graduate and 2006 Daily Herald Academic Team member, was among 18 undergraduates nationwide invited by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), sponsored by the Department of Energy's Office or Science, to present their research in the Poster Session at the AAAS annual meeting in Chicago, in February.
Barnowski is an undergraduate at the University of Michigan. He was an intern at Argonne National Laboratory in summer 2008, under the mentorship of Dr. Nachappa Gopalsami. Ross' research in nuclear science was titled "Remote Detection of Radioactive Plumes Using Millimeter Wave Technology."
He will intern at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Northern California this summer.
• For the third consecutive year, Saieesh Rao, an eighth grade student at Twin Groves School, Buffalo Grove, earned the right to compete at the state level in the National Geographic Society Illinois Geographic Bee. One hundred competitors from across the state met at Chicago's Field Museum Friday, April 3, to determine who would represent Illinois in the national competition. Though he won't be representing Illinois in the bee, Rao made "a very solid showing," reported Twin Groves social studies teacher Karin Feldner, who was present for the tense competition.
• Matthew Gold, a senior at Stevenson High School and treasurer/research coordinator for the Stevenson High School Debate Team, was selected to be on the All State Debate Team, consisting of the 10 best debaters in the State of Illinois.
• Mandy Kauai Gollay, 11, a fifth-grader from Prairie School in Buffalo Grove, played her violin for 12 songs on stage at Orchestra Hall Saturday, April 18, as part of the Magical Strings Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Betty Haag. Gollay has been learning violin since age 4, from teacher Edyta Mgrula. This was her first appearance at the Symphony Center.
• Terri Lozier, principal of Nature Ridge Elementary School in Bartlett, was selected to serve as the principal of Streamwood High School beginning in the 2009-2010 school year.
Lozier started her education career as a health occupations teacher at Streamwood High School in 1992, after several years of working as a trauma nurse in the Elgin area. In 2004, she was asked to serve as the division chair for math and science at Streamwood High School and in 2005, was selected as principal of Nature Ridge Elementary.
Lozier will receive her doctorate in education form National Louis University in June 2011. She holds a master of arts in educational leadership from Aurora University and a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Rush University, Chicago.