Henry County Public Schools

2009-2010 Recognitions

School Board Meeting

Bassett High School

Thursday June 3, 2010

Governor’s Excellence Award

Student Art Awards

Teachers of the Month

Valuable Volunteers

Henry County School Board

Dr. Joseph A. DeVault Member At-Large

Terri C. Flanagan Horsepasture District

Rudy J. Law Vice Chairman

Blackberry District

Betsy S. Mattox Reed Creek District

Curtis R. Millner, Sr. Iriswood District

Kathy H. Rogers Chairman

Collinsville District

Charles B. Speakman, Jr. Ridgeway District

Superintendent

Mr. Anthony D. Jackson

Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Mr. DeWitt House

Assistant Superintendent of Administration and Human Resources

Mrs. Linda Dorr

Governor’s Award of Educational Excellence The Virginia Index Performance program recog-

nizes schools and divisions based on the percentage of

students achieving at the advanced level on Standards

of Learning assessments and progress made toward edu-

cational goals advocated by former Governor Kaine and

adopted by the board as part of its comprehensive plan

for further strengthening public education in the Com-

monwealth.

These goals include elementary reading; enroll-

ment in Algebra I by grade 8; enrollment in college-level

courses; attainment of advanced

diplomas and increased attainment

of career and industry certifications,

and participation, if eligible, in the

Virginia Preschool Initiative.

Sanville Elementary School was recognized with

the Governor’s highest honor, Governor’s Award of Edu-

cational Excellence, along with only 152 (8%) other public

schools across the Commonwealth.

Governor’s Award for Educational Excellence

Teachers of the Month

February 2010

Sarah Burks Campbell Court Elementary

School

Sherri Helbert Fieldale-Collinsville Middle

School

Sharon Lovern Bassett High School

March 2010

Deitra Cassell

Mount Olivet Elementary School

Brian Stowe Fieldale-Collinsville Middle

School

Luke Boone Magna Vista High School

April 2010

Rebecca Allen Rich Acres Elementary School

Jim Higgins

Laurel Park Middle School

Deborah Barker* Magna Vista High School

May 2010

Lisa Moran Sanville Elementary School

Stacie Hollingsworth

Laurel Park Middle School

Josh Barnhart Bassett High School

Teachers of the Month

September 2009

Jay Joyce Stanleytown Elementary School

Scott Gardner

Laurel Park Middle School

Jenny Keith Magna Vista High School

October 2009

Crystal Dixon

Axton Elementary School

Katrina Perry* Fieldale-Collinsville Middle

School

Lindsay Favero Bassett High School

November 2009

Mary Hall

John Redd Smith Elementary School

Emily Jamison

Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School

Justin Littrell

Magna Vista High School

December 2009

Lorrie Aldridge Drewry Mason Elementary

School

Angeleen Harry Fieldale-Collinsville Middle

School

Kim Craig Bassett High School

January 2010

Libby Green* Collinsville Primary School

Leslie Battleson

Laurel Park Middle School

Jean Cotner Magna Vista High School

* Teacher of the Year

Student Art Exhibit

Malen East

Axton Elementary School

Amanda Shelton

Bassett High School

Randall Winingham

Campbell Court Elementary School

Garrett McBeth

Carver Elementary School

Madison Ross

Collinsville Primary School

Payton Norris

Drewry Mason Elementary School

Student Art Exhibit

Zachary Gilbert

Irisburg Elementary School

Kaylah Lowe

Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School

MyKayla Carr

John Redd Smith Elementary School

Katlyn Wilson

Laurel Park Middle School

Mariah Shaffer

Magna Vista High School

Taylor Wilson

Mount Olivet Elementary School

Student Art Exhibit Virginia School Boards Association Art Contest

Destani Hairston

Rich Acres Elementary School

Leonardo Sandoval

Stanleytown Elementary School

Tyler McDaniel

Sanville Elementary School

Kayla Woods

Magna Vista High School

Joshua Amos

Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School

“Blue Ridge

Regional Winner”

Evan Pruitt

Rich Acres Elementary School

“Blue Ridge

Regional Winner”

limited to the following: funding the play-ground construction, holding a Fall Carnival for the students and their parents, supple-menting instructional supplies for teachers, providing volunteers for picture days, duty free lunches, staff appreciation luncheons, field days, AR celebrations, Jump Rope for Heart events and many other student activi-ties, providing scholarships for students to attend 4-H Camp and field trips, providing students with t-shirts and water bottles for field day, and honoring teachers during teacher appreciation week with breakfast, a catered and duty free lunch, desserts, and door prizes. The PTA co-presidents, Rhonda McGuire and Michelle Compton are responsible for organizing and facilitating a wonderful sup-port group for the school and play an inte-gral part in the school’s success.

April Crowder Fieldale-Collinsville Middle School

The meaning of volunteer is simply “a per-son who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily.” If there were a picture beside the definition in the dictionary, it would be a picture of April Crowder. She is a true definition of a volunteer. Mrs. Crowder is willing to help with any-thing that the school needs, no matter how big or small the task. She is the type that looks for things that need to be done and then offers to help or be in charge of what-ever it is that is needed. She not only helps with the PTO, she also helps with school picture days, duty free lunches for our staff, and helps to facilitate the school’s Toys for Tots collection. Without her and other vol-unteers, some things in the school would be impossible to do.

Beverly Millner Henry County Public School’s

Central Office Beverly Millner retired from Henry County Public Schools June 30, 2009. Mrs. Millner dedicated 20 years to the division’s Human Resources Department. She was looking forward to the opportunity to spend more

time with her two grandchildren and she had two more on the way. However, when she was asked to come back and help the division she didn’t hesitate to say yes. For the past 12 months, Mrs. Millner has had a “retired smile” on her face, even though she was still working. Mrs. Millner quietly leads by ex-ample with her positive attitude and willing-ness to help in any situation. She demon-strates countless values in her everyday work and will be missed when she realizes that she officially retired in 2009.

Brenda Moxley Irisburg Elementary School

Irisburg Elementary School would like to nominate Brenda Moxley, the PTO Presi-dent for the past two years, as the most valu-able volunteer. Mrs. Moxley has devoted a great deal of time in fundraising to benefit the children and teachers at Irisburg. She has dedicated herself to building and enrich-ing the school community. Her countless time and efforts are greatly appreciated.

Sherri Sowers John Redd Smith Elementary

Sherri Sowers is John Redd Smith’s PTO President for the current year and elected PTO President for the next school year. She has served on the board of Collinsville Pri-mary, as well as, both years her son has at-tended John Redd Smith. She has dedicated countless hours beyond her expected role to ensure that the PTO has been an active and supportive school organization. Addition-ally, she has represented the PTO organiza-tion as a member of the Parent Advisory Council. She has represented herself and the school with integrity, enthusiasm, and John Redd Smith eagle pride. Her dedication exemplifies the creed of volunteer.

Tammy Younger Laurel Park Middle School

Laurel Park Middle School would like to recognize Tammy Younger as an out-standing volunteer at our school. She is the parent of Courtney Younger, a sixth grade

Moral Hill Baptist Church

Axton Elementary School Reverend Echols and Moral Hill Baptist Church have always been big supporters of Axton Elementary School and most recently Moral Hill Baptist Church showed their support not only for the school, but the staff by preparing and serving a wonderful break-fast to all staff in honor of Teacher Apprecia-tion Week. All staff members really appreci-ated their hard work and look forward to working together to serve the students of Axton Elementary School in the future.

Ann Hudson Bassett High School

Ann Hudson gives of her time to Bassett High School in many ways. Her contribu-tions include: chairing the After-Prom Com-mittee, and facilitating the first annual Dodge Ball Tournament and Prom Dress Sale to benefit the after-prom. Mrs. Hudson also solicits donations from local companies, wrote the VASAP grant on behalf of BHS, wrote thank you notes on behalf of BHS, conducted all after-prom committee meet-ings, coordinates all volunteers during events, attends the majority of the School Board meetings, and served on the Program of Studies Committee. Mrs. Hudson is also the Band Booster Vice President, a member of Athletic Boosters, and a member of the Career and Technical Education Advisory Council.

Debra Belton Campbell Court Elementary School

Mrs. Debra Belton has a grandchild, Mia, who attends Campbell Court Elementary School. Mrs. Belton has always been sup-portive of the school and the teaching and learning that occurs within the building each day. She is currently the PTO treasurer and is doing an excellent job. Organization and planning are strengths that Mrs. Belton has used to strengthen the Campbell Court PTO making the activities purposeful, useful, and

meaningful for the students as well as the staff and community.

Connie Bray Carver Elementary School

Mrs. Connie Bray is Carver Elementary School’s PTO President. Mrs. Bray is re-sponsible for an outstanding PTO and has been an advocate for all children and faculty in the school. She has represented Carver Elementary on the Parent Advisory Council and throughout the community. She is well respected and has been a valuable asset to the school and children.

Paige Scott Collinsville Primary School

Paige Scott has worked as a volunteer for years as all three of her children have passed through Collinsville Primary School. She gives unselfishly of herself to make Collins-ville Primary a better place. She is loved by teachers, staff, and most importantly stu-dents. When she comes to volunteer, it is always with a smile on her face and a kind word for everyone she comes in contact with. Mrs. Scott gives one-on-one assis-tance to students who are having difficulty, reads to classes, and helps at lunch. She gives her personal time to help with special school events, goes on field trips to assist the teachers in whatever capacity they need, and makes copies. During the day, she ties shoes, gives hugs, and dries tears. Her warmth and enthusiasm reflect the love she has for our school and our students. The staff thinks she is an amazing person and very deserving of this recognition.

Rhonda McGuire & Michelle Compton

Drewry Mason Elementary School The Drewry Mason Elementary School PTA has been a very active organization. The parent volunteers have dedicated a tre-mendous amount of time and planning to support the students, faculty, and staff in various ways this year including, but not

Valuable Volunteers

Valuable Volunteers

student at LPMS. She is devoted to the school in helping in any way possible. Mrs. Younger served on the Program of Studies Committee, which helped to revise the up-coming program of studies for the middle school. She also served on the Parent Advi-sory Committee and provided parental feed-back for the 2009-2010 School Improvement Committee. She also worked with the LPMS PTO to assist them with their yearly fundraising activity.

Wilhemina Hairston Magna Vista High School

Wilhemina Hairston appears out of nowhere asking, “What can I do?” Though she al-ways has a busy schedule, she still finds time to help in whatever capacity Magna Vista High School needs her. There is no limit to her kindness and generosity. She never has to think about whether or not she can do something, she just does it. Wilhemina of-ten adjusts her schedule to meet the school’s needs. Her energy, enthusiasm, and dedica-tion seem to be limitless when it comes to Magna Vista High School. She exemplifies the ideals of volunteering. She often says “Don’t you worry about that. I can take care of it.” And she does.

Kathy Holthausen Mt. Olivet Elementary School

Kathy Holthausen is always questioning what she can do for Mt. Olivet Elementary School, and most importantly, she finds out answers and acts on them to make our school a better place for learning. She has wonderful ideas about how to support our teachers, and she knows how to organize and excite others so they will join in and help our school. Mt. Olivet really appreci-ates Kathy.

Doug Gravely Rich Acres Elementary School

Rich Acres Elementary School would like to nominate PTA Vice President, Doug Gravely for the 2009-2010 Valuable Volun-teer Award. Mr. Gravely has consistently

dedicated his time to our school for the past four years. He has served on the PTA as President, Vice President, and Treasurer. Mr. Gravely has always made himself avail-able in order to complete fundraisers or spe-cial projects at the school. As a dedicated volunteer, he has become a part of our school community. Doug Gravely is dependable, always motivated, and unwavering in his support of student achievement at Rich Acres Elementary School.

Rodney Krontz & Lynn Turner

Sanville Elementary School Partnership, that’s what it is all about. Usu-ally one thinks of a company or an organiza-tion, in this case it is a “pair” of individuals who volunteer at Sanville weekly – we call them the “dynamic duo” - father and daugh-ter, Rodney Krontz and Lynn Turner. Although Mr. Krontz goes to dialysis three days a week, this does not slow him down. He and his daughter work faithfully every week assisting the librarian with duties in the library. During the Pennies Campaign they rolled over $2,400 in coins. They have volunteered faithfully at Sanville for the past six years even though Mrs. Turner’s chil-dren have not been at Sanville for two years. Mr. Krontz and Mrs. Turner represent one definition of volunteer, “somebody who works for nothing.”

Holly Johnson Stanleytown Elementary School

Holly Johnson is a hard working and dedi-cated volunteer at Stanleytown Elementary School. She volunteers several times each week. She spends a significant amount of time with the PTO and doing anything that a teacher may need her to do. She is ex-tremely valuable to the students and staff because she makes sure that they have what they need. Holly goes above and beyond in everything she does.

Valuable Volunteers

Student Art Award Winners

& HCPS Art Teachers

Teachers of the Month 2009-2010

Valuable Volunteers 2009-2010

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Henry County Public Schools’ Retirees