The Story of School Climate Signs L.L.C. and its Founder Furahi Achebe
All content is commissioned and curated by award-winning, veteran STEM teacher, Furahi Achebe.
PBS Digital Innovator 2017
Achebe was selected by PBS and CPTV to represent the state of Connecticut as a Digitial Innovator. This contest is to honor teachers who use digital media in creavtive ways.
Four-Time Fund for Teachers Awardee
2024 FFT-Fellow Navigate cultural and historic landscapes of Nigeria, Benin, Togo and Ghana to learn about STEM achievements, biosystems, and Africans' response to climate change,..
April 2024 FFT-Implementation Grant
Funds to implement ideas generated in the Innovation Grant
Summer-Fall 2023 FFT Innovation Grant. Create solutions to a classroom issue.
2017 FFT-Fellow Language and cultural immersion in Mexico and Guatemala
National Geogpraphic/Lindblad Grosvenor Fellow 2022
In 2020 Achebe was selectected to be a Grosvenor Fellow. This fellowship included an expedition to Iceland with National Geopgraphic scientists and photographers to learn and to create new lesson plans for students.
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New Haven Schools T.A.P.S award
Achebe was recognized as a candidate for the District's Teacher of the Year Contest in 2023. She received the T.A.P.S award for her innnovative work in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and SEL (Social Emotional Learning.)