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2023-24 Milken Educators
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Kelly Ryan (LA '23)
Teacher, Northshore High School | Slidell, LA
At Northshore High School in Slidell, Kelly Ryan immerses her 11th and 12th grade students in collaborative, scientific exploration in her environmental science and chemistry classes. She received a Milken Educator Award on February 7, 2024.
A Northshore alumna herself, Ryan’s goal is to equip students with analytical reasoning abilities that will serve them well throughout their lives. Her students embark on hands-on lab ventures like an “alien planet” activity with the periodic table of elements. Students use context clues from the elements discovered on this planet to systematically construct the periodic table of a fictitious planet. Ryan also teaches ACT preparation classes and serves on the district’s ACT committee, where she implemented a digital ACT growth tracker and a “Warm-Up Walk” before testing. Through a partnership with the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, Ryan is a member of Northshore’s instructional leadership team. She also sponsors the National Honor Society and the award-winning middle school robotics club.
A graduate of Southeastern Louisiana University, Ryan earned a Bachelor and Master of biological sciences in 2009 and 2012, respectively.
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