Capital One Named FCPS’ Partner Of The Year
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has named Capital One, a partner in education with Pine Spring Elementary School, as its 2003-04 Partner of the Year. Capital One was honored at the 17th Annual FCPS Business-School Partnership Reception and Awards ceremony held May 20. The yearly event recognizes the nearly 250 area businesses that support FCPS students through partnerships with the schools.
Capital One won the award for its support of Pine Spring Elementary, including an extensive mentoring and tutoring program that features nearly 90 Capital One associates providing support to students in reading, writing, or math. Capitol One sponsors a yearly back-to-school drive to provide school supplies and backpacks to students and donates tickets to performances. Employees support literacy night, family math and science night, Read Across America, and the school’s annual field day, and donate books to Pine Spring students. In turn, the school’s chorus, band, and orchestra perform at the Capital One corporate office in December.
Also at the awards ceremony, representatives of Navy Federal Credit Union presented a new partnership award for principal leadership to Bruce Oliver, who will soon retire as principal of Thoreau Middle School. The award, which recognizes the coordination and leadership of school principals in a business partnership, will be known as the Bruce Oliver Principal Leadership Award. Thoreau and Navy Federal have been partners for 15 years.
The FCPS Department of Educational Accountability was honored as the FCPS office or department that goes beyond the call of duty to establish a partnership or mentoring program for its program with Woodburn Elementary School.
The Outstanding Mentoring Partnership Award was awarded to the Rockin’ Readers, a volunteer group of community members, senior citizens, and parents who work with students in kindergarten through third grade who need individual reading help at Riverside Elementary School.
Three partnerships were honored with Career Connections Awards for helping ensure that students are prepared for the transition from school to career. The winners were BRTRC and Westlawn Elementary School; Inova Hospitals, Johnson Controls, Inc., and Northern Virginia Community College’s Medical Education Center and Glasgow Middle School; and Lockheed Martin Management and Data Systems and Lee High School.
The E3 Award recognizes an effective, energizing, and exciting partnership, and was presented to CMS (CACI), nominated by Madison High School.
FCPS’s Office of Professional Technical Studies presents the PTS Award (Partners Teaming with Students) to community groups and businesses that have demonstrated collaboration that enhances student learning. Five PTS Awards were given: Northern Virginia Community College’s Medical Education Center, Springfield Mall, Fair Oaks Mall, Tysons Corner Center, and the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington.
Four community partnership awards were distributed: United Community Ministries and Bryant Alternative High School; Centreville United Methodist Church and Centre Ridge Elementary School; Washington Christian Life Centre and Mountain View School; and Fair Oaks Mall, for supporting the FCPS college fair for 15 years.
The Blue Ribbon Award for Using Technology Effectively went to Network Resources and Bull Run Elementary School. American Systems Corporation and Deer Park Elementary School won the Blue Ribbon Award for Improving Reading, Writing, and Speaking. The Blue Ribbon Award for Promoting Appropriate Student Behavior went to Long and Foster and Terra Centre Elementary School.
Key Center and Costco were recognized for working together in partnership for 10 years. Recognized for 15-year partnerships were the Washington Post printing plant and North Springfield Elementary School; Navy Federal Credit Union and Thoreau Middle School; 7-Eleven, Inc., and Quander Road School; BB&T and Lemon Road Elementary School; Inova Fairfax Hospital and Robinson Secondary School; Inova Fair Oaks Hospital and Navy Elementary School; and Inova Mount Vernon Hospital and Groveton Elementary School.
At the same ceremony, three FCPS students were selected as winners of a student essay contest, “Someone Who Made a Difference in My Life.” The three winners—Tonvia Peterson and Victoria Hill from Riverside Elementary School and Schquita Young from Woodlawn Elementary School—each received a $200 U.S. Savings Bond from Apple Federal Credit Union.###
Note: For more information, contact the FCPS Office of Business and Industry Relations at 703-246-4541.
Last update:
May 21, 2004
Curator: Therese Payne, therese.payne@fcps.edu