Lynchburg City Schools

Heritage High School Chorus Teacher Barbara Elliott was named Teacher of the Year during Walmart’s annual Teacher Appreciation Celebration. The retail giant gave Ms. Elliott a check for $1,000 to spend on her school.

Several hundred teachers from around the area attended the afternoon gathering. The event was a pep rally of sorts, to get teachers excited about the new school year.

As always, Lynchburg City Schools wants to thank Walmart for their continued involvement and support.

Lynchburg City School’s newest teachers were officially welcomed to the family on Tuesday (August 12, 2008). Administrators held a breakfast for them at Lynchburg College.

There are 69 new teachers coming aboard this year – a low number of hires in comparison to past years. This is due, in large part, to the school system’s ability to retain quality, veteran teachers. These newest educators come from 33 different colleges. However, half of them are veterans, making the move from other school systems. Thirty-one of these teachers have master’s degrees and at least one has a doctorate.

At the breakfast, Vice School Board Chairman Tom Webb called these teachers “the cream of the crop”. Webb says the pool of applicants was more than 600 strong. The 69 were picked because of their dedication to children.

We welcome our new teachers to LCS and wish them luck!

Lynchburg –

The Virginia Department of Education has named Lynchburg City School’s own Ed Dellinger, as the “Outstanding Career and Techinical Educator” for 2008. Mr. Dellinger is the Supervisor of Instruction - Career Technical Education. He has been with the school system for many years.

In Richmond last week, he was recognized for his efforts to promote and expand the Dental Careers and Health Occupations programs as well as the EMT and Firefighter programs. He also plans to implement a Medical Assistant program in 2009.

Mr. Dellinger is a very special part of the LCS family. He recognizes the importance of learning a marketable skill and provides every opportunity possible for the LCS Students. Thanks to him, our Career Technical Education program is second to none!

Sweatshirts. They can keep you warm, help you spread school pride and make you a few bucks - that is if you’re in Mr. Rick Kennedy’s economics class at E.C. Glass High School. Students came into the class to learn…they came out with a new business venture - ECG Clothing Productions. They made sweatshirts, put together an advertising campaign and started selling! It was all done as part of the Junior Achievement mentoring program. Mr. Ron Kennedy, Rick’s brother and the Distance Learning Coordinator for Liberty University, came in to help teach the teens a little bit about business as well.

This year, ECG Clothing Productions is proud to take home JA’s Economics Class of the Year.

Junior Achievement of Virginia’s Piedmont is recognizing the students and the Kennedy brothers for their hard work. Beyond being successful business people, the class/ business partners, now have an award under their belts as well. Turns out these sweatshirt making students were the best business students in the region. Junior Achievement considers all the schools in the region for this award.

This is the fourth year in a row that Mr. Kennedy’s class has taken home the honor!

Ed Dellinger, Lynchburg City School’s coordinator for Career Technical Education and JA board member, presented the award to Mr. Kennedy during a luncheon at Outback Steakhouse.

Lynchburg, VA –
Described as a “life-long learner” and an “edutainer” (education plus entertainment), Mrs. Kim Beuerle received a big honor this morning. Today Lynchburg City School administrators announced proudly that Mrs. Beuerle is the 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year. They paid a surprise visit to her classroom tell her the good news.
Mrs. Beuerle teaches second grade at R.S. Payne Elementary School and has been at Payne for 11 years.
Mrs. Beuerle is described as a self-less leader by her peers and principal, John Blakely. Mr. Blakely goes on to describe her as having the “Midas touch” when it comes to grant writing. But it is her ability to think outside the textbook that makes her a big hit with students. She uses a multimedia approach to her lessons. Thanks to this innovative teaching style, she says her students soak up information like “little sponges”.
She will be recognized at the Lynchburg City School Board Regular Meeting, Tuesday, May 6 at 5:30 p.m. and at the Lynchburg City Schools Staff Appreciation Celebration, Wednesday, May 21 at Lynchburg College.

To select the Lynchburg City Schools Teacher of the Year, the school division uses a nomination procedure whereby school staffs, principals, or school division administrators nominate teachers for this honor. The nominated teachers are then interviewed by a team of administrators and past teachers of the year. The team gives special consideration for the following characteristics: experience in the division and the field of teaching, professional development activities, classroom performances, professional organizations and community involvement.

Lynchburg, VA - The Virginia Council of Teachers of Math (VCTM) has announced that Lynchburg City School Mathematics Teacher Donna Rosser has been awarded the 2008 VCTM William C. Lowry Outstanding Mathematics Teacher of the Year Award for the Middle School Level. The award was presented to Mrs. Rosser on March 14, 2008 at the VCTM Awards Dinner, which was part of the 2008 Math Conference held at the Skelton Conference Center at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, please contact Jay Sales, Sandusky Middle School Principal at 582-1120.
Information regarding The Virginia Council of Teachers of Math can be obtained
by contacting Brenda Barrow, VCTM Award Chairman, at 1311 E. Bayview Blvd.,
Norfolk, VA 23503; Email: themathlady@cox.net; Cell: 757-617-0984.

Mrs. Susan Stanbery has been named the Lynchburg City Schools 2007-08 Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Stanbery is a Math teacher at Heritage High School who has spent the past fifteen years inspiring students to love math! Mrs. Stanbery was presented with flowers by Superintendent Dr. Paul McKendrick during her math class. Mrs. Stanbery believes that “all children can learn mathematics”. Teaching is coaching to Mrs. Stanbery and with patience and humor, she strives to maximize each student’s potential. She will be recognized at the Lynchburg City School Board Regular Meeting, Tuesday, May 1 at 5:30 p.m. and at the Lynchburg City Schools Staff Appreciation Celebration, Wednesday, May 16 at Lynchburg College.

Each year the Lynchburg City Schools participates in the Virginia Teacher of the Year Program. The goal of the program is to recognize dedicated, knowledgeable, and skilled teachers at the local, regional, and state levels.

To select the Lynchburg City Schools Teacher of the Year, the school division uses a nomination procedure whereby school staffs, principals, or school division administrators nominate teachers for this honor. The nominated teachers are then interviewed by a team of administrators and past teachers of the year. The team gives special consideration for the following characteristics: experience in the division and the field of teaching, professional development activities, classroom performances, professional organizations and community involvement.