Carmel Elementary School STEM enrichment specialist, Merry Willis, has been selected by the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board for a Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching grant to study in New Zealand.

Recipients are selected based on their academic and professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential; Ms. Willis is one of only 45 U.S. citizens named Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching grant winners for 2016-17. She will visit Wellington, New Zealand from February to June of 2017 and observe how technology impacts student learning throughout the country. Ms. Willis will focus on developing classroom resources, collaborative relationships and cross-cultural professional development for teachers in New Zealand and the U.S.