School Board Recognitions

August 7, 2007

4. Student, Employee, and Public Awards and Recognitions

4A. 2007 VHSL Hall of Fame Recipients
The School Board is pleased to recognize Dr. Carol Chory, Kempsville High School and Jerry F. Deviney as 2007 Virginia High School League Hall of Fame Recipients.

Virginia Beach Schools’ student activities coordinator Dr. Carol Chory and former school administrator Jerry F. Deviney are among ten individuals being honored for their exceptional contributions to high school activity programs. The Virginia Hall of Fame is sponsored by the Virginia High School League (VHSL) and the Virginia High School Coaches Association. Dr. Chory, who has served as the student activities coordinator at Kempsville High School since 1979, will be honored as an outstanding contributor. In addition to organizing and supporting student activities at Kempsville for 28 years, Dr. Chory has served in numerous leadership roles for the Virginia High School League and is a past treasurer and president of the Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association. She has presented at national conferences and has represented Virginia at both the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association and the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Mr. Deviney will also represent Virginia Beach City Public Schools as a 2007 Hall of Fame inductee. Mr. Deviney retired from the school division in 2006 as the assistant superintendent of high school education. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Deviney served as a teacher, SCA advisor, coach, leadership workshop director, student activities coordinator, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and interim deputy superintendent. Under his direction, Ocean Lakes High School hosted multiple state championships and the 2002 National Association of Student Councils Conference. Mr. Deviney is a member of both the Virginia and National Association of Secondary School Principals. He’s served on the VHSL Executive Committee and played an integral role in the formation of the Beach District.

4B. 2007 VHSL State AAA Gymnastics Champion
The School Board is now pleased to recognize Kirsten S., Kellam High School, as a 2007 VHSL State AAA Gymnastics Champion.

During the state gymnastics competition held February 17 at Ocean Lakes High School, rising junior Kirsten S. became the State Champion on the Balance Beam with a score of 9.750. Overall, she was third in the All-Around competition, and helped her team to second place in the team competition. Kirsten is coached by Debi Strausbaugh and Sharon Benzel.
           
4C.  2007 FBLA National Leadership Conference Champions
The School Board is pleased to recognize Shannon E. and Skye C. of Salem High School, as 2007 FBLA National Leadership Conference Champions.

Students Shannon E. and Skye C. from Salem High School received national recognition at the FBLA Awards of Excellence on July 1 at the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Chicago. Shannon competed in the Spreadsheet Applications Category and had a first place finish, while Skye took a second place in the Computer Applications Category.

The awards were part of a comprehensive competitive events program sponsored by Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. (or FBLA-PBL). Individuals, state teams, and local chapters were encouraged to compete in any of the over 50 different events representing a wide range of activities and the business and leadership development focus of FBLA-PBL. The winners of these highly competitive and prestigious awards were selected from among FBLA-PBL’s membership of 250,000 students and advisers and represent some of the best and brightest of today’s youth.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. is a nonprofit education association with a quarter million members and advisers in 12,000 chartered middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.
           
4D. 2007 Virginia Educational Administrator of the Year
The School Board will now recognize Dr. Maynard Massey as the 2007 Virginia Educational Administrator of the Year.

Dr. Massey was given the honor of being selected as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Educational Administrator of the Year. His selection as the Educational Administrator of the Year for Virginia Beach in May of 2006 qualified him for state competition. The criteria for nomination are based upon: support of the Association of Educational Office Professionals, membership and leadership roles in other educational/professional associations, personal contributions and achievements in education, and letters of recommendation.

4E. VATFACS Outstanding Administrator of the Year
The School Board will now recognize Mrs. Linda Spruill, as the 2007 Virginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences (VATFACS) Outstanding Administrator of the Year.

The Virginia Association for Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences presented Linda Spruill, Coordinator, Work and Family Studies, Office of Technical and Career Education, with the 2007 VATFACS Outstanding Administrator of the Year award at their conference in July. Ms. Spruill has dedicated her career to the teaching of Family and Consumer Sciences Work and Family Studies. Her dedication to teaching and overseeing the teaching of related skills is boundless. She continually goes above and beyond whatever is expected of her to further interest in family and consumer Sciences. Linda was also instrumental in bringing the VATFACS summer conference to Virginia Beach.

4F. 2007 Media and Communications Development NSPRA Awards
The School Board is pleased to recognize the Department of Media and Communications Development for receiving several national awards from the National School Public Relations Association.

The National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA) has awarded a total of 20 awards, including the highly acclaimed Gold Medallion and Golden Achievement Awards, to the Department of Media and Communications Development for a variety of print, mixed media, and electronic media projects.

Entries for the NSPRA 2006-2007 Publications and Electronic Media Contest came from public and private schools; vocational-technical schools beyond 12th grade; two-year community colleges; state/national education groups; and any public relations agency or private business serving such schools and colleges. This year, NSPRA received a total of 1,121 entries from across the country and Canada. Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) is one of only four school districts in the nation to earn NSPRA’s highest honor, the 2007 Gold Medallion Award. The district’s Military Child Initiative was recognized for its outstanding, educational public relations outreach. The Military Child Initiative was launched, with the support of the superintendent, as an arm of the division’s National Network of Partnership Schools Program to specifically target the needs of military connected families.

In addition to the Gold Medallion, VBCPS is also the recipient of the 2007 Golden Achievement Award for its bus safety public relations campaign. The purpose of the campaign was to encourage students, parents, motorists and pedestrians to be active partners in ensuring school bus safety and to reassure the community at large that the school division transportation system offers a safe means of travel.
           
Mr. Chairman, that concludes our scheduled recognitions for this evening.

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