The 2019 Terrel H. Bell awardees for outstanding leadership have been named. The ten National Blue Ribbon School principals were recognized on November 14th during the National Blue Ribbon Schools awards ceremony in National Harbor, MD. Read about each awardee below:
Michelle DuBose Adams
Eichold-Mertz Magnet School of Math, Science & Technology Mobile, AL
George Petersen Liberty Elementary School
Fresno, CA
Daniel Crispino John Barry Elementary School Meriden, CT
Alisa Bender
Lt Col Horrace Meek Hickam Elementary School Honolulu, HI
Shane Staszcuk Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy Chicago, IL
Ray Helmuth
Van Buren Elementary School Plainfield, IN
Lily Albright Unionville Elementary School Unionville, IN
Lisa Ditillo Speroni
PS 253, The Magnet School of Multicultural Humanities Brooklyn, NY
Rachel Ayala Hubert R. Hudson Elementary School Brownsville, TX
Sandra Barrios Jack Lowe Sr. Elementary School
Dallas, TX
The video coverage of Secretary DeVos and Erin Roche’s congratulatory remarks and award presentation is posted below.
Transcript available here.