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Cedarcrest High School sci-ence teacher Jeffery Wehr is new to the Riverview School District this year.

He has extensive experience with science curriculum and bringing STEM educational offerings into the classroom.

For the past nine years Wehr has taught science at Odessa High School. He holds bach-elor’s degrees in biology, with emphasis in both zoological and environmental sciences, and music from the University of Montana. He received his master’s degree in science edu-cation from Montana State University.

Wehr was the 2011 Teacher of the Year in Washington. He has received numerous awards and honors, such as serving as the keynote speaker for SBI Tech Camp, receiving a Letter of Congressional Commendation, and serving on the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium.

Most recently Wehr spent part of his summer attending a research program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where he worked with a team of scientists and other teach-ers studying new sources of bio-fuel. He was one of only 20 teachers from across the country selected to partici-pate in the project, through the Siemens Teachers as

Researchers (STARs) fellowship program.

“I am a research scientist at heart” said Wehr, “so it is an enormous honor to have been invited to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a STARs Fellow and now to share my experience with colleagues, stu-dents and student researchers.

“While at the ORNL, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Barbara Evans, of ORNL’s Chemical Sciences: Special Projects Division. In addition, I and other STARs fellows par-ticipated in facility tours and seminars created to help us more effectively incorporate the overall research process into our classrooms.

“Each teacher also received a grant, to be used in the pur-chase of equipment and/or sup-plies for their classrooms.”

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Fuel for inquiring minds Pennies for PJ drive starts at FCES Fall City Elementary School students are collecting Pennies for PJ, to help their school custodian. Patrick “PJ” Duvall, the senior custodian, was diag-nosed with leukemia over the summer. Students have set up a “Pennies for PJ” collection jar in the school’s main hallway, to help Duvall with his medical expenses. The school will also accept donations to a benefit fund account set up for Duvall at Sterling Bank. All checks should be made out to Patrick Duvall. Duvall’s story will be posted on www.caringbridge.org. To find his page, search for patrickduvall.