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!

Kathy Brown
Jennifer Buchko
Tammy Fagan
Mary Rakowski

Agnes T. Meyer Outstanding Teacher of the Year and
FCPS Teacher of the Year Nominees

Tammy Fagan
Gwen Ward

Congratulations to our
SMART Technologies Exemplary Educators!

Kathy Brown

  • She was chosen in the fall of 2008 as a SMART Exemplary Educator

Cynthia Foglio

  • She was chosen in the spring of 2008 as a SMART Exemplary Educator

Jennifer Buchko

  • She was chosen in the fall of 2007as a SMART Exemplary Educator

Tammi Sisk

  • She was chosen in 2006 as a SMART Exemplary Educator
  • She was chosen by SMART Technologies to attend the SMART Technologies Specialists conference in Chicago in February, 2008

 

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

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

Tammi Sisk

  • presented "SMARTer Lessons = SMARTer Students" at several conferences including:
    • Optimal Match Conference in Rabat, Morocco
    • Jefferson Overseas Technical Institute (JOSTI) held at Thomas Jefferson High School, FCPS
    • Four Rivers Institute in Essex County Public Schools, VA
  • presented "What in the World are Blogs and Wikis?" at the Optimal Match Conference in Rabat, Morocco
  • presented "Integrating SMARTboards and Math Manipulatives" at the Optimal Match Conference in Rabat, Morocco
  • presented "Making your Math Lessons SMARTer " at the FCPS Math Matters Conference

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

 

 

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"

Tammi Sisk

  • Won two grants to purchase SMARTboards, projectors and scanners; one from Geico Auto Insurance and one from Vulcan Corporation in Lorton, VA

Kathy Brown

  • Won a grant to purchase iPods for students to listen to electronic books.

 

3rd Grade Ancient Cultures Collaboration
with South County Secondary School

Our third grade team, Kendra Shaw, Jennifer Buchko, Cynthia Foglio, and Cathy Mullins have put together a wonderful exchange program with South County Secondary School 9th graders. Our third grade students go to SCS to learn about Ancient China, Eygpt, and Mali from 9th grade World Civilization students. In exchange, the 9th graders come to Halley and our 3rd grade students teach them about Ancient Greece and Rome.