Halley Staff Kudos!
This page is dedicated to celebrating the achievements of our own Halley Staff. Below are some of our achievements and awards! We are very proud of our accomplishments!
Congratulations to our
National Board Certified Teachers!
Debby Goldman
Kathy Brown
Jennifer Buchko
Tammy Fagan
Mary Rakowski |
Agnes T. Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year and
FCPS Teacher of the Year Nominees
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Congratulations to our
SMART Technologies Exemplary Educators!
Kathy Brown
- She was chosen in the fall of 2008 as a SMART Exemplary Educator
Jennifer Buchko
- She was chosen in the fall of 2007as a SMART Exemplary Educator
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Local, National and International Conference Presentations
Kathy Brown
- presented "Battle of the Books" at the FCPS Librarians Conference
- presented "Novice to Expert: the Joys of Mentoring" at the VIrginia Educational Media Association Conference
Tammy Fagan and Margaret Fisher
- led a panel discussion on bully prevention at the State-wide Bully-Free Virginia Conference
Christie Hall, Debby Goldman, Kendra Seymour, and Gwen Ward
- presented " Fostering Family Relationships to Support Student Achievement" at the National Staff Development Council Conference
Jennifer Buchko
- presented "Historical Pyramiding" at the Understanding the Blessings of Liberty Inservice
- presented on SMARTboards at the EdTech Expo 2009, FCPS
- Presented at the EdTech Conference at Randolph-Macon College- "20 interactive websites to use with an interactive whiteboard"
- 3 time presenter at the S.U.C.E.S.S. conferece in Arlington, Va on using SMARTboards in the classroom.
Tammy Fagan
- presented our own Halley Bully Prevention program at Governor Kaine's 2nd Annual Prevention Comes First - Growing Up Safe Conference
- presented at the International Bully Prevention Conference in Florida this past December
Stan Zehr
- presenting at the National TESOL Convention in New York this April. His presentation is entitled "Songs as Communicative Contexts for Role Play"
- presented an originally designed "Boston Massacre and Tea Party Webquest" at The 42nd Annual Conference of Virginia Social Studies Educators” on October 20-21, 2006
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Grant Winners
Darlene Pulliam and Phoebe Boatright
- Winners of the Olweus Bully Prevention Grant in 2006 which continues today and supports our phenomonal Bully Prevention Program here at Halley
WIlliam Halley Elementary Teachers and Administrators
- Won a Teacher Leadership Development Grant from Fairfax County Public Schools with a plan entitled "Narrowing the Achievement Gap at WHES"
Kathy Brown
- Won a grant to purchase iPods for students to listen to electronic books.
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