Board Recognitions - May 8, 2012
The Federal Way Board of Directors honored Camelot Elementary staff for their Green Ribbon Schools award at the May 8 board meeting. Camelot was among 78 schools from 29 states named the first-ever U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools. Pictured above: Superintendent Rob Neu, Camelot Teacher Dani Smith, Camelot Principal Cindy Dracobly, Teacher Darcy Borg, former Camelot Principal Paul Marquardt and Board President Tony Moore.
Federal Way Public Schools' Communications Department, led by Chief Communications Officer Diane Turner, second from left above, received an award of merit and an award of excellence from the Washington State School Public Relations Association for communications materials produced in 2011.
The Progress Report to the Community fall 2011 issue received an award of excellence, the highest award presented by the association. The issue, which was mailed to all households in the district's service area, focused on the district's transition to standards-based education, written from the perspective of teachers involved in the work leading up to the transition.
The Parents' Guide to Standards-Based Education, along with related power standards sheets, won an Award of Merit, the second-highest award presented by the group. This award was shared between the Communications staff and a team of translators who worked to explain standards-based education in plain language to parents in the four major languages spoken by students that the district serves: English, Spanish, Russian/Ukranian, and Korean.
Also pictured above, far left, Superintendent Rob Neu, Community Relations Coordinator Deb Stenberg, Office Coordinator Karen Saunders, Web Editor Margo Hoffman and Board President Tony Moore.