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Administrator of the Year Recognized by Florida Music Educators’ Association
The Florida Music Educators’ Association (FMEA) recently selected Mark Tormoen, principal of Vierra High School in Brevard County, as their 2010 Administrator of the Year. FMEA annually recognizes an administrator who demonstrates support of school music programs and music education. Tormoen will be honored at the FMEA conference in Tampa next January.
For more information about FMEA, visit http://www.flmusiced.org/dnn/.
Polk School District Employee Wins National Farmworker Award
Nilda Soto, a 19-year employee with the Polk County School District, was recently named the winner of the Excellence Award from the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) during their national conference earlier this month in Arizona. As part of her job as a farmworker employment specialist, Soto assists participants with training, education and related support services such as healthcare and childcare, legal and immigration issues, emergency assistance and translations. She also counsels individuals regarding barriers to obtaining stable employment and assists in job placement. For more information about AFOP, visit
http://www.afoprograms.org/.
Brevard Educator Named Florida’s Elementary P.E. Teacher of the Year
Michelle Sirounis, a teacher at Lewis Carroll Elementary School in Merritt Island, has been named the 2009 Elementary P.E. Teacher of the Year by the Florida Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Dance and Sport. An educator for the past 24 years, Sirounis began teaching at Lewis Carroll Elementary in 2005 and has been able to secure a variety of grants to support physical education programs at the school. She also created successful afterschool running and wellness clubs and facilitates the school’s First Responders Team. Sirounis will be presented with the award at a statewide conference later this fall. For more information, visit the Alliance’s Web site at
http://www.fahperd.org.
Lee County Head Start Program Wins Federal Grant
The Head Start program in Lee County Schools was recently awarded a Head Start Body Start grant by the National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play to enhance the outdoor play space of the district’s Early Childhood Center. The $5,000 grant will be used to increase physical activity, outdoor play and healthy eating for Head Start children and their families. For more information about the Head Start Body Start program, visit
http://www.headstartbodystart.org/.
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