 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE N.R. #212,
6/27/00
Date: June 27, 2000
EDUCATORS EARN HONORS Several Prince William County Public Schools educators have been recognized for their accomplishments by public and private organizations around the country. They will be honored by the Prince William County School Board at its meeting on June 28. Wal-Mart Teachers of the Year Walter Bailey, social studies teacher at Hylton High School, and Janice Davis, fifth grade teacher at Tyler Elementary School, have been recognized by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., as Teachers of the Year. A grant of $500 will be awarded to each teacher’s school. The teachers were selected for the award based on their outstanding achievement in the development and use of innovative instructional strategies and their contributions to curriculum development at the division level. Disney American Teacher Awards Two Prince William County Public Schools teachers have been nominated for Disney’s American Teacher Awards which recognize creativity in teaching. Ann White, language arts teacher at Rippon Middle School, and Patti Fram, seventh grade teacher at Saunders Middle School, were nominated by community members to recognize their talent and impact on students. Virginia’s FBLA Adviser of the Year The Virginia Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) has named Sally
Martin, chairman of the Business Education Department at Brentsville District
High School, as Virginia’s FBLA Adviser of the Year. Martin has been
a FBLA adviser at Brentsville for eighteen years and was named to the National
FBLA Wall of Fame in 1999. She is the Regional Director for the Germanna
Region and services on the Virginia Foundation, Inc. Martin will
represent Virginia at the National Leadership Conference in California
in July. ###
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