The Ohio Academy of Science recently named Chardon Middle School as well as nine current and former staff members as recipients of the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Student Research for accomplishments during the 2023-24 school year...
CMS Earns STEM Award
The Ohio Academy of Science recently named Chardon Middle School as well as nine current and former staff members as recipients of the Governor’s Thomas Edison Award for Excellence in STEM Education and Student Research for accomplishments during the 2023-24 school year.
First established in 1985, the Governor’s Thomas Edison Awards recognizes Ohio schools and teachers who stimulate scientific student research and technological design and extend experiential opportunities beyond traditional classroom activities.
Chardon staff from the 2023-24 school year who were named in an academy news release include Becky Mele, Beverly Mysyk, Bob Francis, Brent Hilston, Jackie Brown, Kayla O’Brien, Melissa Bryan, Nicole Diehm and Shane Quin.
Chardon Middle School will receive a special Governor’s Award certificate, and each teacher will receive a complimentary membership to The Ohio Academy of Science.
Chardon Middle School is one of only 40 Ohio schools to receive the honor. 436 teachers throughout the state were recognized according to the academy.
Stats and Analytics in Baseball
Sept. 13 was baseball day for seventh-grade students at Chardon Middle School.
Coach Brian Long from the Chardon High School 2022 Division II state championship team and several high school players talked with the students about the importance of statistics and analytics in sports during a presentation in the morning.
Afterwards, the students took to the football field, where they were divided into several teams to engage in friendly, but competitive games of wiffleball.
Students also read the famous poem “Casey at the Bat” and enjoyed the film “The Sandlot” while eating hotdogs and popcorn provided by the middle school PTO.
The students have been using baseball as a fun way to improve their math skills.
Students in Math 7 have been busy drafting their own fantasy teams by analyzing current player data from the 2024 season. Using comparative statistics to select players for their teams, students create nine-player grids based on percent and probability and will create visual models for each player.
“We play simulated nine-inning games using random number generators and first-quadrant coordinate planes. We will crown our own championship teams by competing in our ‘divisional’ Core math classes, and then, on to interleague play between Team A (American League) and Team B (National League) in our own World Series,” seventh-grade math teacher Stephanie Curitore said.
