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Board Members from left to right:  Francisco Mendez, Navia Gomez, Mary Tweedy, Gary Yoham, Yvette Greenspan, Erick Hueck,  and Carlos De La Camara  Missing: Nestor Marcia, Yamile Rivera, Kathy Scott, Oscar Flores and Alexa Morales

The DCSTA Board and the Beckman Coulter Corporation salute the 2026 Science Teacher of the Year winners:

Check out the top right side of this page to find the link to the 2026 Science TOY Award Recognition page for all the school nominees and the elementary, middle and senior high winners and first and second place runner-up information.  

Here is the link the Beckman-Coulter 2026 Power Point announcing the Science TOY runner-ups and winners:  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18LmpCXyhdGpjoS4oDe9S3I-MSkFFhoEu/edit?slide=id.p1#slide=id.p1

Also, you can click on More to look for the link to the Gallery  page for photos of the 2026 and past TOY  Awards.  Enjoy.  Click on the grant page to find  out  information winning a grant to attend the Florida Association of Science Teachers (FAST) Annual Fall Conference.

Thank you 2026 DCSTA TOY Vendor Partners...  

Dade County Science Teachers’ Association (DCSTA) wishes to acknowledge and thank the following vendor supporters for their participation and generosity in giving gifts for both our nominees and winners in the 28th DCSTA Science Teacher of the Year Awards and their continued support of our organization, teachers, and science education.

DCSTA hopes that when you, our members, are contemplating a purchase of science materials/resources, you will consider the following companies: 

Activate Learning 

Andrew Whittet

awhittet@activatelearning.com

EduSmart

Stacey O'Connor

EduSmart Florida Account Manager

stacey@edusmart.com

321-298-5426

Edu Resource Solutions – Publishers Representatives

Sylvia Fumero, M. Ed.

1 866 380 9820

305 987-5432 mobile

www.EduResourceSolutions.com

Flinn Scientific

William Shelley

Executive Director, Business Development 

941-914-1970 | wshelley@flinnsci.com

hand2mind

Britanny Fox

brittanyfox@hand2mind.com

Lego Education

Vanessa Perez

Key Account Manager

+17863518381

vanessa.perez@LEGO.com

McGraw Hill

Chrissy Rodriguez

chrissy.rodtriguez@mheducation.com

National Geographic Learning/Cengage  

Michael Galfond 

Sr. Sales Consultant

Michael.Galfond@cengage.com

954.494.7526

Perfection Learning

Jorge J Garcia, Educational Consultant

Serving Broward, Collier, Lee, Miami-Dade, Monroe, & Palm Beach

Direct: 786-355-3902

SAVVAS Learning Company

Kelly Cordes Ball, M.Ed, NBCT

Account Manager

kelly.ball@savvas.com

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Mary Gundlach

Sr Inside Sales Representative

Office Line 224-243-3106

Cell (224) 246-1246| Fax (800) 955-0740

mary.gundlach@thermofisher.com | www.fishersci.com

TOY  Event links: 

 Check out the Galery page for photos of present and past Science TOY Dinner and Awards at https://sites.google.com/d/1RsaTcEFYgApKycFpI_Q70oVubo90LH55/p/1Tl8FI6C1HKKTUwcgDTcYz1bE-JJa4BXI/edit

 Check out the 25th  Annual Science Teacher of the Year Awards in 2022 and our photo tribute:  DCSTA Celebrates 25 Years of Reaching for the Stars  

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NlROHBsj3MCK6bAMXW-OZ7be-khkVdlQ/view

LINKS

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Special $10 discounted membership fee at all DCSTA events

DCSTA Website:      https://sites.google.com/site/dcstaonline/home

If you have any questions about any of the events or deadlines, please contact Dr. Erick Hueck, DCSTA president, at dcstaorg@gmail.com