On Tuesday, June 13 the Pendleton County School Board held the Annual Retirement/Personnel Dinner and Awards Ceremony at the South Fork Ruritan Building. The 2022-2023 Pendleton County Teacher of the Year was named, Ms. Leslie Bowers (NFES) and the 2022-2023 Pendleton County Service Personnel of the Year was named, Ms. Linda Mallow (PCMHS).
Throughout the ceremony, there was an abundance of laughter and reminiscing, reinforcing Board President J.D. Wilkins's message that Pendleton County School employees are not only a team, but more importantly family.
Teachers of the Year were also recognized from all locations.
Brandywine Elementary-Ms. Erin Eye
Franklin Elementary-Ms. Breanna Griffin
North Fork Elementary-Ms. Leslie Bowers
Pendleton County Middle/High School-Ms. Courtney Kimble
Service Personnel of the Year for all locations were recognized.
Brandywine Elementary-Ms. Denise Neil
Franklin Elementary-Ms. Jeralyn Swigunski
North Fork Elementary-Ms. Amanda Morgan
Pendleton County Middle/High School-Ms. Linda Mallow
Maintenance and Transportation-Mr. Chuck Miller
Central Office-Ms. Brooke Dahmer
Not pictured, Chuck Miller.
In addition to honoring those who won the Teacher and Service Personnel of the Year Awards, the Board recognized the following staff who have retired with the end of this school year:
Kimberly Keplinger-33 years with Pendleton County
Dolly Rexrode-30 years with Pendleton County
Kathy Smith-2 years with Pendleton County
Karen Propst-37 years with Pendleton County
Johnny Murphy-27 years with Pendleton County
Linda Mallow-27 years with Pendleton County
Not pictured, Kathy Smith and Karen Propst.
Finally, awards were presented to both Pendleton County Middle/High School and Brandywine Elementary School from The West Virginia Board of Education and The West Virginia Department of Education for Receiving Exceeds Standards on the 2022 Balanced Scorecard.
Pendleton County Middle High School received their reward for Exceeding Standards on the 2022 Balanced Scorecard Indicator of Graduation Rates.
Mr. Dave Eason and Ms. Carrie Nesselrodt received this award on behalf of PCMHS.
Brandywine Elementary School received their reward for Exceeding Standards on the 2022 Balanced Scorecard Indicator of Math Progress.
Mr. Ryan Lambert received this award on behalf of Brandywine Elementary.
Brandywine Elementary also won the coveted "Attendance Cup" for the best attendance for the 2022-2023 school year.
Special thanks to Pendleton Community Bank for providing the awards and meal for our banquet.