Kathy Grimes of Las Vegas, Nevada, is a fourth and
fifth grade science teacher at Gwendolyn Woolley
Elementary School in Las Vegas. Grimes holds a
Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction.
By securing several grants, she established the
Science Museum and Instructional Laboratory for the
Environment (Project S.M.I.L.E), a program that
uses fifth grade at-risk students as teachers.
Grimes is a two time Nevada state recipient of the
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching
Science.