Gloria Patterson received a 2019 Inspiring Teachers award from The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis. She is a teacher at Jennings Middle School. The Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis – a partnership of the Ferguson-Florissant School District, the Saint Louis Science Center and EducationPlus – provides simulated space missions and other science education programs. The award honors the Challenger astronauts, including Christa McAuliffe, who would have been the first teacher in space.
