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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.

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