2010 Value-Added Achievement Awards

In a April 26, 2010 ceremony held at the State Capitol with Assistant Commissioner of Education Dr. Connie Smith, 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 2010 CEREMONY :
Click here for the event press release (PDF file)
See clippings about the event from newspapers around the state (PDF)
Read Dr. Stone's remarks from the event (PDF)

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.

Lincoln Magnet Walker LaRose Discovery Bethpage McEwen Keplar Carter Boones Creek West Carroll Humboldt Middle Brighton LaVergne Indian Trail South Lincoln Holston Smith Grassy Fork

I. Elementary Schools

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

B: Walker Elementary
Patricia White, Principal
9380 Highway 128
Savannah, TN 38372
Hardin County Schools

C: LaRose Elementary
Tonya Cooper, Principal
864 Willoughby St.
Memphis, TN 38126
Memphis City Schools

D: The Discovery School
Debbie Bogdan, Principal
101 Henslee Dr.
Dickson, TN 37055
Dickson County Schools

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

F: McEwen Elementary
Vicki Spann, Principal
220 Swift St. East
McEwen, TN 37101
Humphreys County Schools

G: Keplar Elementary
Sandra Vicars-Williams, Principal
1914 Burem Rd.
Rogersville, TN 37857
Hawkins County Schools

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

I: Boones Creek Elementary
Teresa Leonard, Principal
348 Christian Church Rd.
Gray, TN 37615
Washington 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: Brighton Middle School
John Combs, Principal
7785 Highway 51 S
Brighton, TN 38011
Tipton County Schools

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

N: LaVergne Middle School
Dirk Ash, Principal
382 Stones River Rd.
LaVergne, TN 37086
Rutherford County Schools

O: South Lincoln Elementary
Greg Holder, Principal
362 Smith Mill Rd.
Fayetteville, TN 37334
Lincoln County Schools

P: Holston Valley Middle School
Jess Lockhart, Principal
1717 Bristol Caverns Highway
Bristol, TN 37620
Sullivan County Schools

Q: Indian Trail Middle School
Tammy Pearce, Principal
307 Car Mol Dr.
Johnson City, TN 37601
Johnson City Schools

R: Grassy Fork Elementary School
Shannon Grooms, Principal
4120 Big Creek Rd.
Hartford, TN 37753
Cocke County Schools

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