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S.T.A.R. Academy Advisory Board
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Advisory Board

 

The purpose of this board is to support, promote and advise the S.T.A.R. Academies.

Further objectives of this board are to:
• Set policy
• Review student progress
• Advisory S.T.A.R. Academies
• Execute the purposes, obligations, and objectives of S.T.A.R. Academies
• Plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate all curriculum
• Plan and evaluate all field trips and class sessions
• Raise money to help support S.T.A.R. Academies
• Train tutors



Membership:
Members are representative of all groups within the community. The volunteers who make up the S.T.A.R. Academy Advisory Board are Lehigh University faculty and students, middle and high school students in Regular S.T.A.R. Academy, S.T.A.R. alumni, parents of S.T.A.R. alumni, members of the business community, and members of school districts.
In addition, a seat is held by the director of the Regular S.T.A.R. Academy, the director of the Junior S.T.A.R. Academy, the director of the Summer Math, Science, & Technology Camp, and the Administrative Assistant to the director serving as the Recording Secretary.

The S.T.A.R. Academies Advisory Board Members are as follows:
Mrs. Carol Boring, Educator
Dr. Lynn Columba, Lehigh University
Miss Cassandra Estrada, Tutee Representative
Mr. David Harris, Chairperson, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Ms. Sharon Hendriksen, Northampton Community College
Drs. Warren & Robin Heydenberk, Educators
Mrs. Katherine Johnson, Jr. S.T.A.R. Academy Chairperson
Ms. Maryann Kearns, Educator
Mr. Pierre Morgan, Parent and Chaplain
Dr. & Mrs. Henry Odi, Founders & Directors
Ms. Rita Plotnicki, E. Stroudsburg University
Mr. Raymond Pugh, Tutor Representative
Mr. Roy Ramsay, Bank of American
Mrs. Sonia Ramsay, Olympus, Inc.
Mrs. Debra Rubart, Secretary
Mr. Fred Schuster, Educator
Mr.Chris Wiltshire, Tutee Representative
Mr. Mike Vazquez, Jr. S.T.A.R. Committee
Mrs. Elly Vazquez, Liberty High School, Guidance Counselor

Honorary Board Members Include:
Mr. Hap Wagner - Retired Chairman and President, Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
Mr. Mike Pomerantz - Chairman, Victoria Vogue
Mr. William Beattie - President and CEO, Strategic Minerals, Inc.
Mr. Ross Born - Co-President, Just Born, Inc.
Mr. David Shaffer - Co-President, Just Born, Inc.