|
SCOTT LAKE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL WINS $10K LEADERSHIP AWARD MIAMI – Two Miami-Dade public school principals were among two of three winners of the 7th annual Leonard Miller Principal Leadership Award from the Council for Educational Change at a special event yesterday. Valerie Ward, principal of Scott Lake Elementary School, was top winner. Gilberto Bonce, principal of South Miami Senior High School was named one of two Gold Medallion winners, along with Dr. Christi Chandler-Buell of Tampa. The three winners were chosen from among a selection of statewide applicants who demonstrated extraordinary leadership in three criteria: raising student achievement, empowering staff leadership, and forming meaningful partnerships with businesses and community. Ward, who has raised Scott Lake Elementary’s grade from a C to an A, won the $10,000 prize. She was surprised with a congratulatory video and poem from Scott Lake’s students and staff. The event was held at the Star Island home of Sue Miller, Council Board Member and Chair of its Educational Advancement Committee. Bonce and Chandler-Buell each received $5,000. The award is named for Leonard Miller, the late chair of the South Florida Annenberg Challenge, who firmly believed that principal leadership was the catalyst to increasing student achievement. The event was sponsored by: Baptist Health South Florida, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cobb Family Foundation, Edward W. Easton, Lennar Foundation, Richard and Susan Finkelstein, and Akerman Senterfitt. # # # 09/JS/70/HD |
