Madelyn Asperas is currently at Woodland Middle School in East Meadow, New York where she teaches earth and physical sciences. She has been at East Meadow for 20+ years and is certified in Biology, Earth Science, Health, and Physical Science. Madelyn also serves as a science instructor for teacher professional update studies at the East Meadow Teacher Center.

Some of the awards and grants that Madelyn has received include those from the New York State PTA, NASA, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Learn and Serve America, and Newsday FutureCorps. Madelyn has also been selected to work at Brookhaven Labs in the Medical Department. Recently, her student, Frieda Shmuel, was awarded national winner status in the Young Naturalists Awards, endorsed and sponsored by the Museum of Natural History. Three other students of hers were finalists.

Madelyn looks forward to working with Woodrow this summer in the Commuter Course Institute for teachers at AMNH and Pace University.

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Paul Melkonian is a graduate of Hofstra University and teaches high school biology and general science at the Satellite Academy in New York City.

He has been active in the Empire State Partnership integrating arts into the curriculum; the New York City Alternative High School Learning Village developing curriculum and assessment tools via an on-line intranet; and the Center for Inquiry in Teaching and Learning developing inquiry-based curriculum.
 

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