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Awards

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