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Chatham County Schools recognizes national-board teachers, spelling bee winners and staff honorees
Summary
The board recognized staff who earned national board certification, celebrated spelling-bee winners and honored staff grant recipients and awardees during the meeting’s recognition segment.
Chatham County Schools used part of the meeting to recognize staff and students for recent awards and accomplishments.
Dr. Kelly Batten, assistant superintendent for human resources, announced three newly national-board certified staff members (Chris Hard, Bobby Robertson and Jennifer Sailor) and several staff who revalidated their national-board credentials. Batten said the district now counts 59 current national-board recipients and that 138 staff members have held national-board recognition at some point.
Dr. Amanda Moran introduced the district spelling-bee report. Lashonda Hester, executive director for middle grades, said 28 students participated in the district bee at Seaforth High School. After 15 rounds, Micah Debolt, an eighth-grade student from Margaret B. Pollard (transcript: "Pollard Bridal School"), was runner-up and Beatrice Allen, a fifth-grade student from Perry Harrison Elementary School, won. Hester said Beatrice will advance to the Carolina Panthers regional spelling bee at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte.
Chris Poston, senior executive director of Excellence Opportunity, recognized Lynn Munoz and Mary Jean Young for Excellence Opportunity grants at Perry Harrison Elementary School. Poston described Munoz’s Students Empowering Academic Success (SEAS) program and Young’s reading-and-writing center work to build foundational literacy and family collaboration.
Jessica Pacione, public information officer, announced the Champions of Character recipients for January and introduced the Power of One award recipient, Amy Cheek, an EC pre-K instructional assistant and bus driver, who was honored for her work and nominations from colleagues.
These recognitions were presented to the board for acknowledgment; no formal board action was recorded as part of these recognitions.
