{"id":1886,"date":"2015-08-15T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T18:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1886"},"modified":"2026-06-23T12:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T17:39:43","slug":"presidential-award-for-excellence-in-mathematics-and-science-teaching-to-kris-clements-caddo-magnet-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/presidential-award-for-excellence-in-mathematics-and-science-teaching-to-kris-clements-caddo-magnet-hs\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching to Kris Clements, Caddo Magnet HS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20582036475_7713d7703c_h.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1887\" src=\"http:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20582036475_7713d7703c_h-300x241.jpg\" alt=\"20582036475_7713d7703c_h\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20582036475_7713d7703c_h-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20582036475_7713d7703c_h-1024x822.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caddomagnet.net\/magnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20582036475_7713d7703c_h.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kris Purdy Clements is one of four science teachers in the state who are finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There are up to five finalists chosen each year for science and five for math.\u00a0 This year they just chose four in each subject,&#8221; says Clements. &#8220;Another team of judges will choose one of the four in science and one of the four in math to receive the actual Presidential Award of $10,000 and a visit to the White House.\u00a0 Alas, that selection is to be sometime in 2016 or 2017!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The eight finalists and the two awardees from 2013 will be honored at the luncheon at the Governor&#8217;s Mansion on Sept 16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Students: Margaret McNew, Alex Witt, Brian Nguyen and Caretia Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kris Purdy Clements is one of four science teachers in the state who are finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":1887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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