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Ms. Grace Oyekan a special education teacher at Cunningham is traveling to Japan as a recipient of The Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program. The program is fully funded by the Government of Japan and administered by the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund office of the Japan-United States Educational Commission (JUSEC). She will spent three weeks in Japan visiting urban schools, museums, and historic landmarks. Ms. Oyekan will become a part of a smaller group of teachers that will be assigned to visit a particular Japanese city. They will also visit local schools and teachers' colleges, where they interact with Japanese teachers, students, and parents. Ms. Oyekan is also excited about her visit and homestay with a Japanese family.

Grace was a member of the corporate world and did a career change to education 7 years ago as an Intern of the Houston ISD Alternative Certification Program here at Cunningham.  She earned certifications in Special Education, English as Second Language (ESL), Gifted and Talented (GT), and a Master of  Science degree in Curriculum & Instruction/Special Education.

Her awards include Southwest District Special Education Teacher of the Year 2005, ATPE Elementary Teacher of the Year 2005, ACP Intern of the Year Nominee 2002, Cunningham Rookie Teacher of the Year 2002, Cunningham Special Education Teacher of the Year (2 years), and won grants to the Rice University Summer Mathematics Program 2007, Urban Harvest Gardening, and now the 2008 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund  (JMF) for Teachers.

Cunningham staff and students will anxiously await the return of Ms. Oyekan to hear all about her visit with students, teachers and families in Japan.
 

Last updated
10/13/2008
04:13 PM