Lynch Named 2006 Principal of the Year
 Jamee Lynch 2006 Principal of the Year |
 Gloria Jones 2006 Assistant Principal of the Year |
Jones Named 2006 Assistant Principal of the Year
October 26, 2006 - The Wake County Public School System named Jamee Lynch of Hodge Road Elementary School the 2006 Principal of the Year and Gloria Jones of Centennial Campus Middle School the 2006 Assistant Principal of the Year in ceremonies this evening at the Exploris Museum in Raleigh. The awards ceremony is sponsored by the Wake County Public School System and the Wake County Division of Principals and Assistant Principals.
Jamee Lynch - Principal of the Year
Lynch has worked with Wake County for seven years and has been a principal
for five years. She was named to her current job as principal of Hodge Road
Elementary in 2001. Prior to that she was an assistant principal at Vance
Elementary School. Earlier she served as a middle school assistant principal
in Johnston County and was director of Student Media at Methodist College
in Fayetteville. She started her education career as a teacher at Garner
High School in 1995.
Lynch said the highlight of her career as a principal has been leading Hodge Road through the difficult work of entering Title I School Improvement. "The staff was committed to the challenge, which resulted in Hodge Road improving its reading scores in one year to almost 90 percent of students at or above grade level from 81 percent," Lynch said.
2006 Principal of the Year finalists included Freda Cole of Forest Pines Elementary, Jan Hargrove of Turner Creek Elementary, David Ansbacher of East Millbrook Middle and Cathy Moore of Sanderson High.
Gloria Jones - Assistant Principal of the Year
Dr. Jones has devoted her career to the Wake County public schools. She
was named to her current position as assistant principal of Centennial Campus
Middle School in 2000. Prior to that, she was assistant principal of East
Millbrook Middle School. She started her education career as a teacher at
Zebulon Middle School in 1988.
Dr. Jones said the highlight of her 17-year tenure in education was working on the administrative team that opened Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School. "Collaborating with students, parents, and the community, forging new and innovative ideas and ideals, to fashion, shape, and nurture the culture of a new learning community, has been one of the most exciting, dynamic, awesome, and rewarding opportunities of my career," Jones said.
Finalists for the 2006 Assistant Principal of the Year included H. Trent Evans of Reedy Creek Elementary, Debbie Edwards of Salem Elementary, Gail Zadell of Holly Springs Elementary, and Elizabeth Battle of Sanderson High.
Awards presented
More than 350 people were on hand to see Lynch and Jones honored. Lynch
received a $1,000 check, compliments of Hunt Ward, Lifetouch Studios, and
a $50 gift certificate to Office Depot, compliments of Karen Whitfield of
Office Depot.
Lynch will go on to compete in North Carolina Regional and State Principal of the Year competitions sponsored by Wachovia Corporation.
Jones received a $500 check, compliments of Jubel Stagner and Kim Trezona, of Jostens, and a $50 gift certificate to Office Depot, compliments of Karen Whitfield of Office Depot.
The 10-finalists received an acrylic award, a collapsible mobile cart, and a storage box full of office supplies, (a $100 value), compliments of Office Depot. In addition, principal finalists received a monetary award that was made possible by Hunt Ward, Lifetouch Studios, and each assistant principal finalist received a monetary award that was made possible by Jubel Stagner and Kim Trezona, of Jostens.
Sponsors of the awards program include Wake County Division of Principals
and
Assistant Principals, Café Luna, Exploris Museum, IBM Corporation,
Jostens, Incorporated,
Lifetouch Studios, North Carolina Association of Educators, Office Depot,
Pierce Group Benefits, Progress Energy, Saturn of Raleigh, Strawbridge Studios
and Triangle Temporaries.
Principals and assistant principals are nominated by their peers. Each finalist is required to submit a portfolio, receive a site visit, and is interviewed by a panel of educators and community members.
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