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Crofton Parent Up for Statewide Volunteer Award
Carol Streeter is a semifinalist for the Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award.
A Crofton Elementary School mother is in the running for a statewide honor to recognize parent volunteers.
Streeter has been named a semifinalist for the Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award, after working to expand science, technology, engineering and math programs at Crofton Elementary.
As a parent volunteer, Streeter started NASA Best, designed to introduce STEM to young students. She recruited dozens of other parent volunteers and recruited more than 100 students to take part.
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Streeter's other volunteer roles include publishing the school directory, serving on a School Improvement Team and Parent Involvement Advisory Council, and running the school's E-cubed and Math Facts programs.
Streeter was nominated by other parents and school principal Ginger Henley.
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The finalist and statewide winner of the Maryland Parent Involvement Matters Award is scheduled for May 18.
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