Awards/Initiatives

AdvancED - District Accreditation K-12
 

AASB All State Award for Outstanding School Board Leadership

Mr. Mike Turner, Board Member, District 2 (Lincoln Area)
 

AASB District 6 Director (2 year terms; recently re-elected for second term)

Kathy Landers, Board Member, District 5 (Childersburg Area)
 

Alabama State Department of Education - Certificate of Achievement - Transportation - consistently performing above 95% in safety and transportation

 

Alliance for Excellent Education - National Digital Learning Day 2014 - Featured school system for its global broadcast from the Library of Congress.  

 

Alliance for a Healthier Generation - Healthy Schools Program - Gold Award of Distinction - All elementary schools

 

Greater Talladega and Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year 2014; Conservation Educator of the Year - Governor’s Conservation Achievement Awards 2010

Johnny Ponder, Board Member, District 3 (Munford Area)

 

School Superintendents of Alabama President; President Obama’s ConnectED Initiative Participant 2014 (only 100 superintendents selected from across the nation); Samford University’s Learning for Life Award 2016; SSA District 6 Superintendent of Year and SSA Finalist for State Superintendent of the Year 2013; eSchool Tech-Savvy Superintendent of the Year 2013; University of Montevallo’s Kermit A. Johnson Outstanding Superintendent Award 2012

Dr. Suzanne Lacey, Superintendent

 

ALSDE Chiquita Marbury Technology Innovation Administrator Award

Dr. Suzanne Lacey, Superintendent

Mrs. Sallie Chastain, Coordinator, Community Education and Electronic Curriculum

Mr. Craig Bates, Coordinator, Instructional Technology

Mr. Grayson Lawrence, Assistant Principal, Winterboro High School

Dr. Brooke Morgan, Coordinator, Federal Programs and Assessment

 

AASCD Outstanding Curriculum Leader Award

Mrs. Vicky Ozment, Deputy Superintendent

Dr. Brooke Morgan, Coordinator, Federal Programs and Assessment

 

ACEA 2016 Charles Stewart Mott Award

Mrs. Sallie Chastain, Coordinator, Community Education and Electronic Curriculum

 

International Center for Leadership in Education - Model District

 

League of Innovative Schools - School District Member

 

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification

4 Administrators

2 Teacher Leaders

5 Teachers

 

President’s ConnectED Future Ready Schools Initiative - Partnership

 

University of Montevallo - Federal Math Science Partnership (MSP) - $500,000 Grant recipient for STEAM Initiative

 

U.S.  Department of Education - Green Ribbon District Award - First school district recipient in Alabama

 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) - Energy Star Certified District