2024 Celebration of Excellence

On May 21, we had the opportunity to recognize the 2024 Employees of the Year at our annual Celebration of Excellence at Washington-Liberty High School. The event honored 90 staff, including each school’s Teacher and Support Employees of the Year winners, as well as the division-wide APS Teacher, Principal, Assistant Principal, Support Employee, and Leader of the Year. The evening was a fantastic opportunity to honor our hard-working staff and a reminder of their genuine dedication and care for students and their success.

Here are some photos from the event, taken by Washington-Liberty High School sophomore Henry Gerber.

APS Teacher of the Year Danielle Day

Reception

Reception – APS Asst. Principal of the Year Cory Mainor with ACC Principal Margaret Chung

Reception

MPSA in the audience

Superintendent Duran

MPSA Upper Elementary Chorus

Chief of School Support Kimberley Graves

Last Year’s Principal of the Year Keisha Boggan

SchoolBoard Vice Chair David Priddy, Principal of the Year Catharina Genove, Superintendent Duran, Chief of School Support Kimberley Graves

Principal of the Year Catharina Genove, MPSA

ASFS TOY Sydney Lewis

ASFS SEOY Olga Almengor

ATS TOY Monica Hirschberg

Ashlawn TOY Montana Riley

Ashlawn SEOY Nancy Hawkins

Barcroft TOY Elizabeth Aspacio

Barcroft SEOY Maribel Vilela

Barrett TOY Abigail Crain

BArrett SEOY Jennifer Buckley

Campbell TOY Lauren Kleifges

Campbell SEOY Khadijah Cameron

Carlin Springs TOY Heather Sox

Carlin Springs SEOY Darlene Garretson

Claremont TOY Chelsea Shocknesse

Discovery TOY Tamatha Stoker

Discovery SEOY Nicol Bermudez-Flores

Drew TOY Douglas George

Drew SEPY Isabel Majewsky

Escuela Key TOY Mariana Rosado

Escuela Key SEOY Carlos Campos

Glebe SEOY Rosa Galeas

Hoffman-Boston TOY Brenna McGreevy

Innovation SEOY Emma Hernandez

Integration Station TOY Melissa Leupp

Integration Station SEOY Rocio Priale

Long Branch TOY Alexis Robinson

Long Branch SEOY Ivonne Villarroel Miquilena

MPSA TOY Emily Hall

MPSA SEOY Leslie Whiteside Elgendi

Oakridge TOY Kristen Wolla

Oakridge SEOY Hanim Magzoub

Randolph TOY Joanne Krisko

Taylor TOY Tamera Taylor

Tuckahoe TOY Sarah Parrish

David Priddy, Assistant Principal of the Year Cory Mainor (Arlington Career Center), Superintendent Duran

Assistant Principal of the Year Cory Mainor, Arlington Career Center

Chief of Staff Brian Stockton, School Board Vice Chair David Priddy, Support Employee of the Year Amy Jones, Superintendent Duran

DHMS TOY Kathleen Ascenzi

DHMS SEOY Crystal Richardson

Gunston TOY Caitlin Wittig

TJMS TOY Devon Riley

Kenmore SEOY Angelica Elder

Swanson TOY Catherine Wilkes

Swanson SEOY Barbara Nicholas

WMS TOY Emily Mctavish

School Board Vice Chair David Priddy, APS Teacher of the Year Danielle Day (W-L), Superintendent Duran

ACC TOY Anne Cupero

ACHS TOY Jamie Odeneal

ACHS SEOY Maria Rosario

Langston TOY Katherine Lippmann

Shriver TOY Melissa Graham

Shriver SEOY Isabel Castellanos

W-L SEOY Bidkar Jimenez

Yorktown TOY Kimberly Graver

Yorktown SEOY Danielle Jones

Syphax SEOY Lidia Gomez Chavez

Chief of Operations Dr. John Mayo

COO Dr. John Mayo, APS Leader of the Year Renee Harber, Superintendent Duran, School Board Vice Chair David Priddy

APS Leader of the Year Renee Harber

And here are videos of the moments our 5 division-wide winners were announced, courtesy of AETV (Arlington Educational Television).

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