FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N.R. #117, 1/14/98

Date: January 14, 1998

Contact: Irene Cromer

703/791-8720

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR OUTSTANDING TEACHER AWARD

Thirteen educators have been nominated by their school communities for the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, a program established by the Washington Post to recognize teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession. One of the nominees will be selected by a committee of parents, teachers, and administrators to represent Prince William County. The Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher will also be designated as the Prince William County Teacher of the Year. Agnes Meyer was the wife of Eugene Meyer, publisher of the Washington Post from 1933 to 1946.

Teachers who meet the criteria for the Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award are those who instill in students a desire to learn and achieve; understand the individual needs of the students; and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of subject matter and have the ability to share it effectively with students.

The Washington Post will announce 18 winners in April, one representing the private schools and 17 representing the public school systems of the Washington metropolitan community. The teacher selected from each of the participating area school districts will be honored at a reception given by the Washington Post and will receive a $3,000 award from the Washington Post Company Educational Foundation.

The nominees will be honored by the Prince William County School Board at a reception on February 4 at 5:00 in the administration building dining room at Independent Hill.

The teachers nominated, their curriculum area or grade and their schools are as follows:

Jayne A. Reck, second grade teacher, Montclair Elementary School; Carole Cook, second grade teacher, Marshall Elementary School; Alan N. Graham, technology education teacher, Beville Middle School; Cheryl Gedney, third grade teacher, Springwoods Elementary School; Chuck Drake, science teacher, Hylton High School; William Stearns, physical education teacher, Potomac High School; and Heather G. Goode, first grade teacher, Loch Lomond Elementary School.

Also, James A. Podlesni, mathematics teacher, Stonewall Jackson High School; Bill Teel, seventh grade science teacher, Brentsville District Middle School; Lora Ker, music teacher, Westridge and Old Bridge elementary schools; Phyllis Sue Fenner, foreign language teacher, Saunders Middle School; Jane H. Jones, reading and language arts teacher, Marsteller Middle School; and Janice Suppa-Friedman, AP English and reading improvement teacher, Brentsville District Middle/High School.