TOWNSHEND, Vt. – Bruce Whitman, of Leland and Gray Union High School, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Board on Pre-College Education of the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
The mission of the Board on Pre-College Education is threefold: To promote precollege education in science and mathematics, specifically through atmospheric, oceanic, and hydrological sciences; to promote the development of pedagogical and reference resources for educators; and to provide support for AMS education programs.
Whitman has been a teacher at Leland and Gray for 25 years, and currently teaches two dual enrollment classes in atmospheric science and chemistry through Northern Vermont University – Lyndon Campus, along with human anatomy and physiology, biology, the natural history of Vermont, and introductory classes in chemistry and physics.