STAFF RECOGNITION

EIGHTH GRADE TEACHER, MICHAEL TRADIS NAMED MARICOPA COUNTY RURAL SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR 2011 AND IS A FINALIST FOR ARIZONA RURAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR. 
 
Third Grade Teacher, Mary Moe, receives Wells Fargo Grant

Mrs. Moe received five hundred dollars which allowed her to purchase science books for her classroom. The bonus to this purchase is all were on the Accelerated Reader lists and she was able to purchase accompanying tests to allow students to earn AR points.

FIRST GRADE TEACHER, LOWANNA PERRY IS NAMED MARICOPA COUNTY RURAL SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Laura Ruskin, Lowanna Perry and Head Teacher, Lucille Thompson

August 1, 2006 the Arizona Rural Schools Association announced that Lowanna Perry is their Maricopa County Teacher of the Year. The association's director, Bill Stewart, said the judges had a very difficult time in selecting this year's county winners because a record number of nominations had been made. Miss Perry was one of seven finalists for the Arizona Teacher of the Year. Miss Perry will be starting her tenth year of teaching primary grades at Morristown School this fall. She coaches volleyball and basketball and has many special interests that keep her classroom exciting including technology integration, outdoor education and literacy. Congratulations Miss Perry!!!

In March 2001, Miss Perry was featured on the Project Venture website. ...Lowanna feels fortunate that her students were able to remember so many of the finer points of typing and drawing in Word from last year and apply them to a creative writing project in PowerPoint this year. Students are working in groups to write "Winter Stories" about snowmen. They then use PowerPoint to illustrate their stories and present the text for a classroom presentation....

HEAD TEACHER, LUCILLE THOMPSON, NAMED ARIZONA ARTS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

Morristown School's Head Teacher, Lucille Thompson, was named Maricopa County Small District Teacher of year during the 1999-2000 school year. This honor was received at the Annual Arizona Small and Rural School Association Conference a year ago this month. Mrs. Thompson was one of the five finalists for State Teacher of the Year.

2000-2001 the Arizona School Administrators Association named her Arts Administrator of the year. She has been with Morristown School District for over 20 years. She wears many hats. Besides Head Teacher, she is the Special Education Coordinator as well as a relief Arizona Certifed School bus driver.

In her personal life she is a wood carver by hobby and a fifth generation wood carver in the reknowned family of Gallagher Wood Carvers and Painters.

Mrs. Thompson gave a Powerpoint presentation on the school's Environmental Trail at a past Arizona Small and Rural School Association's Annual Conference.