2009 Value-Added Achievement Awards

In a May 4, 2009 ceremony held at the State Capitol with Commissioner of Education Dr. Timothy Webb, Education Consumers Foundation President J. E. Stone presented awards of $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 to Tennessee's highest performing elementary and middle school principals. (You can see rankings of every elementary school here, and of every middle school here.) Recipients were selected on the basis of their school's most recent 3-year average achievement gains in math and reading/language arts. Only those principals with 5 or more years of service were considered.

UPDATES FROM THE 2009 CEREMONY :
Click here for the event press release (PDF file)
Click here for a collection of press clippings (PDF file)

You can click on the flags below to review information from each winning principal. You can also visit the Value-Added Achievement Awards home page to learn more about the Awards and the ECF School Performance Charts, and see additional applications and analyses of Tennessee's value-added data.

Winchester Lincoln Magnet Trenton Bethpage Barfield Cowan Carter Eaton Orchard Knob West Carroll Humboldt Middle South Side McCann Newport Fairview Alcoa Smith Forge Ridge

I. Elementary Schools

A: Winchester Elementary
Flora Childres, Principal
3587 Boeingshire Road
Memphis, TN 38116

Memphis Schools

B: Lincoln Magnet Elementary
Lynne Shuttleworth, Principal
425 Berry Street
Jackson, TN 38301
Madison County Schools

C: Trenton Elementary
Jonathan Criswell, Principal
811 S. College Street
Trenton, TN 38382

Trenton Schools

D: Bethpage Elementary
Bill Johnson, Principal
420 Old Highway 31 E
Bethpage, TN 37022
Sumner County Schools

E: Barfield Elementary
Judy Goodwin, Principal
350 Barfield-Crescent Road
Murfreesboro, TN 37128
Rutherford County Schools

F: Cowan Elementary
Raymond Council, Principal
501 E. Cumberland Street
Cowan, TN 37318
Franklin County Schools

G: Carter Elementary
Julie Thompson, Principal
9304 College Lane
Strawberry Plains, TN 37871
Knox County Schools

H: Eaton Elementary
Jennifer Malone, Principal
423 Hickory Creek Road
Lenoir City, TN 37771
Loudon County Schools

I: Orchard Knob Elementary
Marthel Young, Principal
400 North Orchard Knob Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Hamilton County Schools

 

II. Middle Schools

J: West Carroll Junior High School
Lex Suite, Principal
760 Highway 77
Atwood, TN 38220
West Carroll Special School District

K: Humboldt Middle School
Lillian Shelton, Principal
1811 Ferrell Street
Humboldt, TN 38343
Humboldt Schools

L: South Side Elementary
Neal Wright, Principal
29855 Highway 104, South
Reagan, TN 38368
Henderson County Schools

M: Smith County Middle School
Ronnie Scudder, Principal
134 SCMS Lane
Carthage, TN 37030
Smith County Schools

N: McCann Alternative Learning Center
Ruth Murray , Principal
1300 56th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37209
Davidson County Schools

O: Fairview Middle School
Brian Bass, Principal
7200 Cumberland Drive
Fairview, TN 37062
Williamson County Schools

P: Alcoa Middle School
Jim Kirk, Jr., Principal
1325 Springbrook Road
Alcoa, TN 37701
Alcoa Schools

Q: Newport Grammar School
Sandra Burchette, Principal
301 College Street
Newport, TN 37821
Newport Schools

R: Forge Ridge School
Marty Cosby, Principal
160 Hill Road
Harrogate, TN 37752
Claiborne County Schools

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