Date:   December 4, 2003 
Contact: Irene Cromer
703-791-8720 
 
 

Twenty-seven Prince William County Public Schools teachers have been recognized by their school communities with nominations for the Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award.  The nominees will be honored at a reception on Wednesday, January 28 at 4:30 p.m.  The reception will be held in the cafetorium of Saunders Middle School, 13557 Spriggs Road, Manassas.

The Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award program was established by the Post to recognize teachers who exemplify excellence in their profession.  The Post will announce twenty winners in April, one representing the private schools and nineteen representing the public school systems of the Washington metropolitan area.  Each award winner will receive $3,000 from the Post at a ceremony in April.  Prince William County Public Schools will also recognize the Agnes Meyer Award recipient as its 2003-2004 Teacher of the Year.

A panel of parents, teachers, school and central office administrators, and classified personnel will select the teacher to represent Prince William County.  Teachers who meet the criteria for the award are those who instill in students a desire to learn and achieve; understand the individual needs of students; and demonstrate a thorough knowledge of subject matter and have the ability to share it effectively with students.  

The twenty-seven teachers who have been nominated for the Teacher of the Year/Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award, their instructional areas, and their schools are listed below.
Marcie Abel, First Grade, Penn Elementary School; James Ayers, Eighth Grade Math/Algebra, Rippon Middle School; Pam Beckner, First Grade, Sudley Elementary School; Wandalyn Boley, Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Chorus, Stonewall Jackson High School; Ginette Cain, ESOL Grades 9-12; Hylton High School; Truman Darrough, Pre-Government, IB History II HL, Gar-Field High School; Christine Flench, Library/Media, Information Literacy K-5, Signal Hill Elementary School; Susan Flores, all subjects, Grades 6-8, New Dominion Alternative School; Jennifer Gardenhour, Fourth Grade, Bristow Run Elementary School; and John Hoffman, AP Government; World Geography Humanities, Hylton High School.

Also, Roberta Hutto, Second Grade, Yorkshire Elementary School; Barbara Jackson, English 9/Humanities for Fine and Performing Arts, Woodbridge Senior High School; Lynn Kerr, Reading Recovery/Reading Resource K-5, Ashland Elementary School; Katherine Meints, AP Calculus BC, Functions/Analytic Geometry, Forest Park High School; Bridgitt Morley, Third Grade, Pennington School; Linda Pelletier, Fourth Grade, Swans Creek Elementary School; Jennifer Rhawn, Math Grades 9-12 – Integrated Algebra & Geometry II, IGCSE Algebra II/Trigonometry, AICE Higher Math I, Brentsville District High School; and Theresa Rittenhouse, Special Education US Government, US & VA History, Forest Park High School. 

Also, Aileen Scharl, English 11 Humanities, Creative Writing I and II, Hylton High School; Faye Simon, IB High Level I, IB Math Methods I, PIB Algebra II/Trig, Algebra I, Gar-Field High School; Elena Smith, Kindergarten, Rockledge Elementary School; Ramona Sparks, Sixth Grade American History, Seventh Grade Civics, Stonewall Middle School; Victoria Wilcox, Math Specialist/Kindergarten Lead Teacher, Marshall Elementary School; Peter Wonders, US and VA History, AP US History, Grade 11, Brentsville District High School; Penny Woodberry, Seventh Grade Mathematics, Graham Park Middle School; Wendy Zepka, Second Grade, Pennington School; and Dolores Zulian, Kindergarten, Marumsco Hills Elementary School.