Rockford Environmental Science Academy Archives

Good timing: Pi-Sui Hsu presents camp on air quality during Canadian wildfires

November 8, 2023 Mark McGowan enewsletter, ETRA

As the skies over Illinois turned gray and unhealthy with smoke from Canadian wildfires, canceling many outdoor events and prompting people to stay home, no one saw a silver lining. Except for Pi-Sui Hsu. Hsu, a professor in the Department of Educational

RPS 205’s Daniela Boer finds belonging, representation via NIU principal prep

October 13, 2023 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

When Daniela Boer was asked where she wanted to intern as a principal-candidate while in NIU’s M.S.Ed. in Educational Administration program, she had no hesitation. Lathrop Elementary School. Boer, then a bilingual teacher at the nearby Rockford Environmental Science Academy, saw great

Warmth of the Sun: Pi-Sui Hsu enables Rockford students to build solar ‘cars’

September 13, 2022 Mark McGowan CI, enewsletter, ETRA

What provides the key to driving solar-powered model cars to the finish line? Observations and questions, apparently. At least that was the case for a dozen Rockford middle-schoolers who spent a week with Pi-Sui Hsu this June. “The purpose of the summer