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Vol. 40, No. 17
Special Section
April 17, 2025
Page B4
Hauser STEAM teacher heading to Smithsonian Hanke named to Teacher Innovator Institute 2025 Cohort in July By GREGG VOSS Contributing Reporter
Loving, really loving, your Frank Lloyd Wright house PROVIDED
Maya Moran Manny’s memories of 27 years in the F.F. Tomek house By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
“People always asked, ‘What is it like to live in a Wright house?’ or ‘What is it like to live in a Prairie [style] house?’ Because, in the vast compendium of books on Frank Lloyd Wright and his works, there are very few people who have written, or even talked, about what it is like to
live in one!” These are the words of Maya Moran Manny, a former Riverside resident who lived in Wright’s F. F. Tomek House, 150 Nuttall Rd., from 1974 to 2001. Now, Manny is the author of “Love See WRIGHT on page 12
David Hanke is already more than empowered to teach his STEAM classes at Riverside’s Hauser Junior High. STEAM, by the way, stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. That’s thanks to 12 years working at the Field Museum in Chicago. But he’ll be a changed man come this fall, changed for the betterment of his students, and himself. Hanke was named this spring to the Teacher Innovator Institute 2025 Cohort, one of 30 STEAM teachers throughout the county so honored, and will spend July 6-18 at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. working with mentors to develop lessons and activities he can use in the fall. Additionally, he will return to the Smithsonian as a mentor in 2026 for STEAM teachers that are selected that year for the program. See SMITHSONIAN on page 8
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