Certified Metric Specialists for South Carolina

CERTIFIED METRIC SPECIALISTS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA Sponsored by South Carolina Academy of Science and United States Metric Association Coordinated with U.S. Department of Commerce, South Carolina Center for Science Education, and the South Carolina Department of Education is notified. Sherry Bailey (301) Ms. Hema Patel (324) Jeanne S. Hartley (345) Spring Valley High School * Orangeburg-Wilkinson H.S. Lexington Middle School Marcia Burckhalter (302) Ms. Rosemary Wicker (325) P. L. Hutchenson (346) Barnwell High School * Upper Sav. M & S Hub North Springs Elementary Barbara Gardner (303) Dean Cannavan (326) Virginia Q. Lacy (347) Wade Hampton High School * Aiken SC 29803 North Springs Elementary Larry Mason (304) Tom Partridge (327) Gretta Nelson (348) Union High School * Summerville SC 29485 Lexington Middle School Clarice Wenz (305) Zeddie Boyd (328) Rebecca B. Pugh (349) Goose Creek High School * Harleyville SC 29448 Mid-Carolina Middle School Linda Sinclair (306) Martha Lee Boswell (329) Gwen Sasiene (350) St. Dept. of Ed. Sci. Council * Manning High School Columbia SC 29223 Rosalyn Porter (307) Linda Fuller Brown (330) Nancy Taylor (351) S. Aiken High School * Caughman Rd. Elementary Crosswell Drive Elementary Richard Porter (308) Helen R. Ellis (331) Audrey A. Andrieski (352) Cainhoy High School * Manning Primary School North Springs Elementary David C. Keller (309) Paige D. Graham (332) Judy W. Dew (353) McCormick High School * Garmany School Johnakin Middle School Robert I. McDonald (310) Janet M. Hayden (333) Carolyn H. Cromer (354) Timmonsville High School * Batesburg-Leesville Middle Anderson SC 29621 Stephen T. Ravan (311) Ben A. Wadsworth (334) Sharon C. Coates (355) Crescent High School * Addlestone Hebrew Acad. Columbia SC 29205 Edna S. Mills (312) Venie Spencer (335) Margaret S. Creech (356) Merriwether Elementary * Caughman Rd. Elementary Greenville SC 29607 John L. Kinard (313) Dawn P. Allen (336) Cindy Gardner (357) Greenwood High School Holy Hill Primary School Lexington SC 29072 James D. Angel (314) Margaret Ann Paul-Cochran (337) Sheryl Pitts (358) Palmetto High School * S. Kilborne Elementary Anderson SC 29621 Johnny Davis (315) Angela Blair (338) Leslie Sanford (359) Georgetown School District * John Ford Middle School Greenwood SC 29649 Christine Randolph (317) Melissa Woodard (339) Susan H. Young (360) Calhoun County H.S. * Kingstree SC 29556 Norway SC 29113 Arlene B. Johnson (319) Sharon L. Valentine (340) Camille Hiott (361) Mullins High School * Ashland KY 41101 Manning SC 29102 Istvan Hajdu (320) Diana Z. Stafford (341) Lillian R. Potter-Arnold (362) Blackville-Hilda High School * Christ Church Episcopal Columbia SC 29223 Louisa R. Fleming (321) Kimberly J. Carter (342) Caroline Gadson (363) Liberty High School * McCorey-Liston Elementary Branchville SC 29432 Ron Harsha (322) Frances P. Dantzler (343) Richard Hager (364) Whitmire SC 29178 * Lexington Middle School Ridgeview High School James Frysinger (323) Ruth S. Glowacki (344) Tina Webb (365) Charleston SC 29407 * Rosewood Elementary Hilton Head High School CERTIFIED METRIC SPECIALISTS FOR SOUTH CAROLINA ( ) certificate number * means at the time of certification For information contact: Dr. Don Jordan, Center for Sci Ed, College of Arts & Science, Sumwalt, University of South Carolina, 1200 Green St, Columbia, SC 29208 Ph: 803/777-7007 FAX 777-8267, email: [email protected] Sponsored by South Carolina Academy of Science and United States Metric Association Coordinated with U.S. Department of Commerce and Center for Science Education at USC. We notify the South Carolina Department of Education.

Joe Mitchener (366) Kathey D. Mays (380) Heather E. Nix (394) Edenton NC 27932 Newberry High School Airport High School Dianne Earle (367) Howard Pierce (381) Delbill O. Calalo (395) Moore SC 29369 Clinton Elementary Fairfield Central High School John Pugh (368) Janice Murray-Gamble (382) Cynthia Graybill (396) Prosperity SC 29127 Williamsburg County School Lexington SC 29073 Steve Witowich (369) Robert Schiferl (383) Jonathan Dailey (397) Hilton Head Island SC 29928 Columbia SC 29212 Newberry College John Romansky (370) John Daniel Wicker (384) Esther E. Etokitiot (398) Anderson SC 29625 Newberry College Midlands Math & Business Acad. Mark Musselman (371) Massimo Malossini (385) Floyd W. Dinkins (399) Alston Middle School Waccamaw High School Taylor Elementary Sondra Wieland (372) Deidre Culbreth (386) Christina Pegues (400) Heathwood Hall Episcopal Greenwood SC 29646 Summit Parkway Middle Loretta A. Denko (373) Shanise N. Brown (387) Kendrick Kerr (401) Barnwell SC 29812 Hand Middle School Pine Ridge Middle School Jody Penland (374) Linda Jackson (388) Carrie Simpson (402) Laurens SC 29360 Caughman Rd. Elementary W.A. Perry Middle School Catherine Lyrick (375) Bobbi Sue Wrenn (389) Jane Perry (403) Lake Wylie SC 29710 Southeast Middle School Summit Parkway Middle H. Blackowicz (376) Kimrey Smith (390) Natalia Comsa (404) Andrews SC 29510 St. Andrews Middle School Kelly Mill Middle School Dawn Pursley (377) Roger Skillman (391) Barabara Soblo (405) Rock Hill SC 29732 Anderson County Alternative School E. L. Wright Middle School

Anita Husbands (378) Randolph Brooks (392) Tammy M. Howell (406) Newberry High School Dreher High School White Knoll High School

James Bailey (379) Michael J. Kramer (393) Michael Leonard (407) McCormick High School Batesburg Leesville Columbia, SC

Diallo Cummings (408) Gary Dubose (409) Chris Reliford (410) Augusta, GA Condor Elementary School Rebecca Fahrni (411) Julia Lacey (412) Anne Wyndham (413) Taylors, SC Columbia, SC Columbia, SC James Wheeler (414) Pat Griffith (416) Celeste Gay (415) Camden, SC Manning Elementary School Joy Lynch (417) Stephanie Wells (418) Dawn Young (419) Manning Elementary School Manning Junior High School Columbia, SC Lisa Hardy (420) Jackson Akwiembi (421) Erica Campbell (422) Sevier Middle School Olympia Learning School Alcorn Middle School Ann Carbone (423) Rene Roberts (424) Kevin Fletcher (425) Crayton Middle School Crayton Middle School W.A. Perry Middle School Aileen Freeman (426) Tawalya Grimes (427) Jennifer Guest (428) St. Andrews Middle School Heyward Gibbes Middle Hand Middle School

( ) certificate number * means at the time of certification For information contact: Dr. Don Jordan, Center for Sci Ed, College of Arts & Science, Sumwalt, University of South Carolina, 1200 Green St, Columbia, SC 29208 Ph: 803/777-7007 FAX 777-8267, email: [email protected] Joseph Kearse (429) Christina Murphy (430) Teresia Omolo-Adongo (431) Heyward Career Center Dreher High School Hall Institute Cathy Page (432) Wendy Parker (433) Michael Rodgers (434) W.J. Keenan High School W.G. Sanders Middle School A.C. Flora High School Afshan Syed (435) Jeanette Wallulis (436) Linda Williams (437) Heyward Career Center Dreher High School Dreher High School

I believe that one of the reasons for poor scores made by U.S. students in international tests lies in the fact that they do not have the advantage of being able to calculate in the metric system, which is much simpler and easier to use. Students from countries in which the metric system is the standard do well on such tests. Research studies in the 1970s found that six to eighteen months of elementary arithmetic could be virtually eliminated from educational curriculums by the simple adoption of the metric system. What the Nation is doing is recycling the problem by not making metric training a rigorous part of the teacher education curriculum. This means if a new teacher is not knowledgeable of the metric system they will not teach it. We hope to improve this with our efforts and with your help.