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
Lisa Kelly
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!

Jennifer Buchko

  • She was chosen this fall as a SMART Exemplary Educator

Tammi Sisk

  • She was chosen last year as a SMART Exemplary Educator
  • She was chosen by SMART Technologies to attend the SMART Technologies Specialists conference February, 2008

 

Published Authors

Lisa Kelly

  • Authored and Illustrated her own book entitled Penguins on Parade which is now published and available for checkout in the Halley Library. If you are interested in obtaining a copy for yourself, please contact Lisa at school.

Local, National and International Conference Presentations

Jennifer Buchko

  • presented "Historical Pyramiding" at the Understanding the Blessings of Liberty Inservice

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

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

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.