A stipend has been awarded to a Danbury teacher by the nonprofit Society for Science.  Westside Middle School Academy teacher Andrea LaRosa is one of 84 educators nationwide to receive the $5,000 award.  The funding will be used to help guide her students in scientific research and help them to enter that research into science competitions.  Educators who participate in the Society’s Advocate Program work with students from underrepresented groups and low-income households by helping to develop science, technology, engineering and mathematics projects that can then be entered into science research competitions.