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Middle schoolers, grad students thrive at Fredonia STEM camp
Opera House Honors Longtime Supporter
FREDONIA, N.Y., – The 1891 Fredonia Opera House Performing Arts Center celebrated one of its longtime supporters on August 29, 2022 when it dedicated the Esther Arroe Lanford Reception Room. Members of the Opera House Board and staff, and members of Lanford’s family were on hand when the room was renamed in Lanford’s memory. A number of friends of the late Lanford also were present for the unveiling of a plaque and small reception. Lanford was a longtime Opera House member, donor and frequent attendee of events at the theatre prior to her death in 2020. “Esther was a member of the Opera House for many years, often contributing at one of our highest donor levels. She also was
one of our most ardent supporters of the satellite events we present here, including Live at the Met broadcasts, ballet performances from Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet and, particularly, the Art & Architecture On Screen series,” says Opera House Executive Director Rick Davis. “Even after her health started to fail and she no longer drove, she would walk down the hill from her apartment at Fredonia Place to attend events she especially wanted to see.” A 2021 gift in Lanford’s mem-
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“This is hands-on labor and the projects are unique, challenging and often messy – just like science and math.” That’s the guiding approach of Department of Mathematical Sciences Professor Keary Howard to learning activities he creates for Camp COMETS, a four-day STEM program at SUNY Fredonia that provides valuable teaching experiences for both aspiring and current public-school teachers, while also introducing advanced concepts of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in fun and exciting ways to area middle schoolers. It’s a winning formula for everyone. “The only way to become a better teacher is to participate in authentic teaching opportunities. I can talk about teaching to anybody, but you only get better at your craft by doing your craft,” said Dr. Howard, coordinator of Mathematics Education. “I’ve always loved a good summer camp, and I remember what it was like to be a middle schooler and make great friends and learn new things,” Howard added. The camp – which began in 2011 – typically attracts 20 middle school students from area school districts and 12 graduate students – all SUNY Fredonia graduates and many that are certified mathematics teachers employed in area school districts – who serve as camp counselors. Middle school students from Dunkirk, Fredonia, Silver Creek, Ellicottville, Cassadaga, Maple Grove and Panama school districts attended this year’s relaunch of the camp, held recently, following a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Students making new friends is always the first order of business at the camp, followed by math/science, Howard explained. “Rarely does a middle schooler want to get up in the morning and go to math camp, so our first goal in that first hour is to make friends and make
Photo Submitted Graduate student Alexis Schuman (second from left) listens to one of her students as she outlines how to tackle their team’s assignment.
them comfortable doing math and science. For young teachers, I remind them the first day is always the most important day,” he said. “We love to be the first ones to introduce them to advanced science before anybody else does. That’s exciting for us, as teachers of rising sixth, seventh and eighth grade students.” So how do Howard and his camp colleagues go about this task? They guide middle schoolers through unique experiments, such as creating a chemical reaction to produce a substance that they’re challenged to engineer a way to place the substance into a water balloon, which has to be launched into the air and land safely – well, Howard jokes, most of the time. Or stage an earthquake eating contest by creating a structure made of Jell-O pudding, and then testing its weight-bearing capa-
bilities. Once those load assessments are made, students get to eat the Jell-O. Aeronautical Adventures, Energy Recreation and Go Big or Go Home are titles of other experiments. Between his role as mathematics coordinator and the camp he runs, Howard manages to stay in contact with camp alumni, many now in their mid-20s, who have achieved great success. “Some have gone to Fredonia and graduated, some have gone onto Ivy League schools and they do amazing things,” he said. Kassidy Howard, who earned a Physics degree at Fredonia in 2020 and a M.S. in Physics at Bowling Green State University, has been hired as an assistant professor of physics at Alfred State College. Frank Zuroski has entered the M.S./Ph.D. program in economics at Columbia University. Both attended the camp in 2011. The camp itself acts as a power-
ful marketing tool, as many middle schoolers attend the camp for two or three years. “I only have to send a reminder to parents that it’s running again. It’s easy to recruit. Their children have enjoyed the experience, so it almost guarantees that the parents and children will be back.” Parents were invited to attend and participate with their child in competitions and the grand prize awards ceremony held on the concluding day of the camp. Camp counselors, all part-time or full-time graduate students at SUNY Fredonia, included: Zoey Charrette, Mathematics: Middle Childhood Certification; Alexis
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during event intermissions, most notably the very same satellite events that Lanford was so fond of attending, was renamed in appreciation of the gift and in recognition of Lanford’s support.
ory from her daughter, Cate Arroe, was used to make improvements to the room that the Opera House had been using for small receptions. The room, which is also used for selling concessions
Lanford was a longtime resident of Fredonia. Born in Denmark, she came to the United States after marrying Hack Arroe, with whom she later had three daughters, Anne, Beatrice and Catherine, known as A, B and
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C. With a master’s degree in horticulture, she loved gardening and grew apple trees and tomatoes, and loved being outdoors. She was active in the community and with the State University of New York at Fredonia, where her second husband Oscar was president from 1961 to 1971. With Oscar, she created the Lanford Presidential Prize, the college’s highest student honor, and which is presented annually at commencement. The 1891 Fredonia Opera House
Performing Arts Center is a member-supported not-for-profit performing arts center with a mission to “present the performing arts for the benefit of our community and region … providing access to artistic diversity … and high quality programming at an affordable price.” It is located in Village Hall in downtown Fredonia. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.fredopera.org.
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STEM camp continued from pg 1 Schuman, Earth Science: Adolescence Education; Sarah DeNardo, Biology: Adolescence Education, teacher in Dunkirk City School District; Allyson Pfeil, Biology, Adolescence Education, teacher at Mount Mercy Academy; Sarah Davis, Mathematics: Middle Childhood Certification, teacher in Bemus Point Central School District; Megan Sonner, Biology and Chemistry: Adolescence Education, teacher at Cattaraugus-Allegheny BOCES; Mitchell Sexton, Mathematics: Middle Childhood Certification; Rachael Clark, Early Childhood/
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