Posted on December 17, 2008

About Our People

* Six Fairfax County Public Schools employees were named winners of the School Bell Awards for Leadership by the Virginia Association of Elementary School Principals (VAESP) at its annual conference November 12-14 in Hot Springs. They are:

  • Alice Alexander, principal of North Springfield.
  • Judy Baldwin, principal of Hutchison.
  • Larry Burke, principal of Laurel Ridge.
  • Deborah Tyler, principal of Eagle View.
  • Elaine Wellner, principal of Clearview.
  • Dwayne Young, principal of Centreville Elementary.

The School Bell Award recognizes members who have made significant contributions to their schools, school systems, state associations, national associations, and/or other educational organizations. (view press release)

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Robin Lee



* Robin Lee, school psychologist at Whitman and Newington Forest, was named the School Psychologist of the Year by the Fairfax Association of School Psychologists on November 10. The award is given annually to honor an outstanding psychologist in Fairfax County Public Schools.

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Lisa Rode


* This past October, Lisa Rode (center), sixth grade teacher at Kings Glen, received the Champion of Character Award for the Mount Vernon District from the Fairfax County Athletic Council. Rode serves as a coach for the Fairfax Falcons Wheelchair Sports program and volunteered her time every Saturday for over a year to help the athletes increase their basketball skills. In addition, her recruitment efforts have tripled the program's membership.



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WPHS staff
* West Potomac High School was awarded the prestigious Promising Practices Award at the 2008 National Forum on Character Education, which was held October 17-19 in Washington, D.C., for its collective efforts with service learning, character education, and mentoring partnerships. Through this recognition, school staff members Rima Vesilind, principal (second from left), Hassan Mims, dean of students (right), Matt Toothaker, social studies teacher (left), and Carrie Jones, school social worker (second from right), presented a workshop titled "Building a School Community Through Service Learning."

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HR Staff

* Joyce Dantzler, coordinator for FCPS recruitment (right), Alice Ford, recruitment specialist (middle), and Julie Fowler, supervisor of business operations (left), all in the Office of Employment Services, recently presented at two conferences. 

On November 12, they presented at the Virginia Association for School Personnel Administrators Conference held at the Wintergreen Resort in Virginia. On December 3, they presented at the Mid-Atlantic Association for Employment in Education Annual Conference at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

The title of their presentation was "Using Data to Bring the Cream of the Crop to the Top." The presenters discussed implementing a resume monitoring and tracking system from the ground up while following the decision-making process, discussing ways to use the system to identify stellar candidates, providing at-a-glimpse views of requisitions, and interacting with Excel files for record keeping and mailings.            

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