Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 3, 1994 TAG: 9411030067
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-13 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: DUBLIN LENGTH: Medium
Bob Carlson and Rick Fisher will take part in the consortium in March. Students from the school attended the consortium last year, when it was held in New York. This year it will be in Lynchburg.
Carlson and Fisher have been working on a computer graphing program which has aroused interest at other schools, especially since Fisher has been programming it for additional capabilities. Carlson told the school's governing board members Tuesday that they may be able to sell the revised program commercially.
During a recent state evaluation of the school, officials said the facilities were not fully utilized during afternoons once students finished their Governor's School classes for the day and returned to their home schools. The evaluation was part of a procedure to see if larger quarters are needed for the crowded school.
Margaret ``Pat'' Duncan, the school's director, told the board that afternoons actually see a lot of activity, including work such as that of Carlson and Fisher, who have been improving educational tools. The school also is used during afternoons for in-service teacher training sessions.
And soon, the school will be used to offer a seminar series for middle school students with high interests and abilities in science, math and technology, she said. The seminar sessions will include computers, mathematics, physics, ecology, minichemistry experiments and data collecting on the respiration of goldfish.
``What we're trying to do is have an impact on the math and science education,'' Duncan said. ``That's what I'd like to see the Governor's School do, act as a resource.''
by CNB