Manassas Park board recognizes teacher of the year, scholarship winners and school nurses
May 17, 2022 | MANASSAS PARK CITY PBLC SCHS, School Districts, Virginia
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The Manassas Park City Schools board used its superintendent spotlight to recognize classroom and school personnel and student achievements.
Superintendent (referred to as Doctor Grasser) introduced Leah Behanna as the Manassas Park City Schools Washington Post Teacher of the Year and invited her principal, Dr. Seloff, to speak. Dr. Seloff praised Behanna's classroom practices, describing a hands-on curriculum in which students work in kitchen labs, use prerecorded safety videos and submit cooking demonstration videos during school closures.
The board also congratulated Chloe Meyer of Manassas Park High School for receiving the VBODA Sydney Berg scholarship — a statewide award — and Braden Wentz of Manassas Park High School for receiving a $2,500 National Merit scholarship. Grasser noted seven students from the county and Manassas Park received National Merit awards.
Members publicly thanked the school nursing staff for their pandemic-era efforts and named the nurse coordinator and building nurses: Anne Shaw (nurse coordinator), Deb Braun, Sherry Washington, Diana Von Vital, Emily Sacedo, Eva Guy and Nora Melendez. The superintendent invited the nurses to come forward and the board offered its appreciation.
The board approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda earlier in the session; both motions were moved, seconded and declared carried.
Why it matters: Public recognition highlights personnel and student achievements that districts often emphasize as evidence of instructional quality and student opportunity; naming nurses and teacher-of-the-year winners also signals district priorities in health and career-technical programming.
Next steps: No formal action beyond the recognitions was recorded.
Superintendent (referred to as Doctor Grasser) introduced Leah Behanna as the Manassas Park City Schools Washington Post Teacher of the Year and invited her principal, Dr. Seloff, to speak. Dr. Seloff praised Behanna's classroom practices, describing a hands-on curriculum in which students work in kitchen labs, use prerecorded safety videos and submit cooking demonstration videos during school closures.
The board also congratulated Chloe Meyer of Manassas Park High School for receiving the VBODA Sydney Berg scholarship — a statewide award — and Braden Wentz of Manassas Park High School for receiving a $2,500 National Merit scholarship. Grasser noted seven students from the county and Manassas Park received National Merit awards.
Members publicly thanked the school nursing staff for their pandemic-era efforts and named the nurse coordinator and building nurses: Anne Shaw (nurse coordinator), Deb Braun, Sherry Washington, Diana Von Vital, Emily Sacedo, Eva Guy and Nora Melendez. The superintendent invited the nurses to come forward and the board offered its appreciation.
The board approved the meeting agenda and the consent agenda earlier in the session; both motions were moved, seconded and declared carried.
Why it matters: Public recognition highlights personnel and student achievements that districts often emphasize as evidence of instructional quality and student opportunity; naming nurses and teacher-of-the-year winners also signals district priorities in health and career-technical programming.
Next steps: No formal action beyond the recognitions was recorded.
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