Ms. Stone's Bio

 

Carla Stone, Canadian born and raised, is a DePaul Alumni who believes in cultivating calm, creativity and collaboration within the classroom. After graduating High School as Class Valedictorian in 1991 and playing for the Canadian National Basketball Program she made her way to Chicago where she earned a full basketball scholarship to DePaul University. At DePaul, she majored in Science Education and minored in Athletic Training. 

Upon graduating from DePaul in 1997, Carla played three seasons of professional basketball in Finland, Brazil and Italy while later earning her certification in Athletic Training. In 1999 she was sidelined with an ACL injury while playing for Club Villanova in Goiania, Brazil. Pursuing her teaching and coaching dreams became a reality the following year when she was hired by Evanston Skokie’s School District 65, where she currently teaches, as a Middle School Math and Science Educator. 

Two years later, she began coaching High School Basketball at Evanston Township High School where she served as the Freshman/Sophomore Coach and the Assistant Varsity Coach for 9 years and volunteered coaching with the Second City Storm’s Senior Women’s Basketball Team in four Senior Olympics. 

In 2011, Ms. Stone won the prestigious Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science. As a Fellow, she has participated in many areas of the foundation including: the GA Awards Selection Committee, GA Scholar Selection Interviews, Reflective Leader for Scholar Summer Institutes and a member of the STEM Summer Institute Team of educators. 

From 2016 to 2018, Carla was also chosen to co-host the Golden Apple Awards Show on WTTW Channel 11. In 2019 Ms. Stone became a National Board Certified Teacher in Middle School Science, entered several Toastmasters, Int. Speech Competitions and started writing a book on classroom motivation. 2019 was also a pivotal year while Stone also launched S.T.E.M_n_Stone, LLC, an education consulting business, whose mission is to bring S.T.E.M curriculum globally, educating kids in design thinking while creating solutions for waste management and Climate Change. 

Currently, Ms. Stone enjoys teaching 8th grade Science at Nichols Middle School in Evanston, Illinois. In 2022, she earned her Masters in Instructional Technology from Northern Illinois University. 

Ms. Stone's interests are cross country cycling, public speaking, practicing yoga, live music, creating videos on various topics for her YouTube Channel (Live_Cycle_Love_Teach), creating podcasts, blogs and other Instructional Technology for educational reform.