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Marilynn Cook Gives PAISD AND PAEF International Recognition

Marilynn Cook is scheduled to speak about the Port Aransas Education Foundation (PAEF) and the recent PAEF-funded "Lunch and Learn" program at the Kappa Delta Pi International Convocation Crossroads of Excellence 2011 Idea Swap in November 2011.

In her brief overview of the program, Marilynn plans to tell the international audience that, in the "Lunch and Learn" program, students in the Port Aransas Independent School District (PAISD) conducted a study in neuroscience to uncover how the brain learns. The goals of this project were to help students understand their unique learning strengths and to raise awareness about learning challenges. Students used what they learned in the project to understand and overcome their own learning challenges and help their fellow students have the same success.

During a brief history of the funding of the project, she will let the convocation attendees know that the PAEF is focused on creating exceptional and enriching educational experiences for the students, projects that encourage students and teachers to "think outside the test."

Marilynn will talk about the success of "Lunch and Learn" as she shares quotes from some of the students and tells the story of students who discovered their best way to learn and then became more successful in class and more confident in their ability to learn. She will also mention the continued success of the program through the students' participation in Brain Awareness Week, a program form the Dana Alliance that increases public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.

Click here to read Marilynn's handout for her presentation at this prestigious event.

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