THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Sunday, March 26, 1995 TAG: 9503240198
SECTION: CHESAPEAKE CLIPPER PAGE: 22 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY ELIZABETH THIEL, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: Medium: 87 lines
City and school officials took time out Wednesday night to celebrate the school system's central mission: teaching children.
The 25th annual Teacher of the Year Banquet at Great Bridge High honored the 1995 award-winning teachers from all the city's schools.
``We live in an era when it is important to recognize the people who dedicate themselves to education,'' said Mayor William E. Ward.
Ward warned teachers that with tightening federal, state and local budgets, new money for education will be hard to come by. Teachers will be challenged to do more with less.
But he pledged the City Council's support.
``We are committed to education,'' he said. He also commended Superintendent C. Fred Bateman, who will retire this summer after 15 years at the helm, for his leadership.
``You have brought to Chesapeake the very best,'' he said.
School Board Chairman Maury B. Brickhouse called teaching the ``noblest profession.''
``These ceremonies are intended to recognize all teachers in Chesapeake,'' he said.
Bateman said that teaching is a profession ``where extraordinary human beings come into contact with children and raise them up.''
``Hopefully, every teacher has the resources and the materials and the support and the encouragement to do their very best,'' he said.
The speakers' comments came after a dinner in the school's cafeteria, accompanied by music and singing from students.
``It's our time to say thanks to those who do the job that not everyone can do, and who do it well,'' Bateman said. ILLUSTRATION: TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
1995 Citywide Teacher of the Year - Christina O. Holliday, Great
Bridge High
1995 Elementary Teacher of the Year - Alyson Shedd, Georgetown
Primary
1995 Secondary Teacher of the Year - Barbara T. McGlone, Oscar
Smith High
Deep Creek High School - Karen B. Culpeper
Indian River High School - Robert C. Shirley
Western Branch High School - Teresa B. Williams
Crestwood Middle School - Yvonne R. Marcil
Deep Creek Middle School - Judy Scott
Great Bridge Middle School, North - Valda C. Dixon
Great Bridge Middle School, South - Kay Martin
Indian River Middle School - Melvin A. Queen II
Oscar Smith Middle School - Jacqueline Kifus
Western Branch Middle School - Rose Brabble
Butts Road Intermediate School - Carol Jay
Butts Road Primary School - Peggy Johnston
Camelot Elementary School - Teikeshia A. Delk
George W. Carver Intermediate School - Marianne C. Rudis
Edwin W. Chittum Elementary School - Drenette I. Outlaw
Crestwood Intermediate School - Kimberly B. Benson
Deep Creek Central School - Sharon L. Popson
Deep Creek Elementary School - Candice Zinovis
Deep Creek Intermediate School - Grace J. Davis
Great Bridge Intermediate School - Elaine Haven
Great Bridge Primary School - Jill Jessup
Greenbrier Intermediate School - Cindy Kennedy
Greenbrier Primary School - Sandra S. Mills
Hickory Elementary School - Carol Bass
Norfolk Highlands Primary School - Hugo A. Owens Jr.
Park Elementary School - Phyllis Dowling McCants
Portlock Primary School - Gladys Steorts
Southeastern Elementary School - Patricia B. Ward
Southwestern Elementary School - Betsy A. Wegman
Sparrow Road Intermediate School - Robin M.B. White
G.A. Treakle Elementary School - Keith C. Hyater
Western Branch Intermediate School - Carol J. Johnson
Western Branch Primary School - Terri Pond
B.M. Williams Primary School - Lesa Ann Arnoe
Rena B. Wright Primary School - Connie Reutt
Chesapeake Alternative School - Sharon B. Neeley
Chesapeake Center for Science and Technology - Nancy M. Watkins
Preschool Education Center of Chesapeake - Laeunice O. Brown
Tidewater Detention Home - Harold F. Mitchell Jr.
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