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Lee-Ann (Howard) O'Dell (1990), Assistant Director of the University of Virginia’s Hampton Roads Center in Virginia Beach is concluding a four year, grant funded professional development project in Franklin City Public Schools. The work, which was partially underwritten by the Franklin-Southampton Charities, focused on a variety of areas including leadership, reading, writing, special education and mathematics. It involved a sustained effort of direct training combined with job embedded coaching, and leadership work sessions to guide the effort. As a result, student achievement increased in a number of the targeted project areas. Most notably, third graders passed the state assessment in reading for the first time and eighth graders passed the state assessment in writing for the first time, then climbed an additional ten percentage points. The Hampton Roads Center of the University of Virginia is part of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Ms. O’Dell’s area of expertise is in developing long-term partnerships with school divisions for the purposes of delivering small to large scale, multi-year, customized professional learning for classroom teachers, specialists, building and central office leadership. Submitted on Mar 20 2010. Jennifer (Campioli) Cannan (1999) Jennifer (Campioli) Cannan (1999) and Jason Cannan are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Jeremy Michael. He was born on September 15, 2009 in Fairfax, Virginia, and weighed 8 lb., 7 oz.. Jeremy and his parents are doing well! Submitted on Mar 15 2010. Chad Longe (1999) Chad Longe (1999) was named Head Baseball and Softball Coach at Lanier High School in Sugar Hill, GA. The school is opening in August 2010. Submitted on Mar 11 2010. Karen (Johnson) Murphy (1995) Karen (Johnson) Murphy (1995) and husnand Max Murphy are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Fiona Madeline. She was born on January 11, 2010 in Summit, NJ, and weighed 8 lbs. Fiona is welcomed by her big sister, Lila (2) Submitted on Mar 10 2010. Laura Cox (2006) Laura Cox (2006) and Richard Taylor are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place on October 23, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Submitted on Mar 10 2010. Benjamin Giles (2008) Benjamin Giles (2008) received a fellowship for the summer at the Cronkite Journalism School at Arizona State University. At a program called News21, he'll spend the summer working with faculty at the Cronkite school, including Len Downie Jr., and 10 other fellows. While visiting the ASU campus recenlty, he had a conference in conjunction with News21 and was able to speak with Len and Bob Woodward. He will be assistign in the production of an in-depth investigative reporting project in tandem with the Center for Public Integrity. Submitted on Mar 3 2010. Kristin (Sparks) Sanderlin (1996) Kristin (Sparks) Sanderlin (1996) was recently named Teacher of the Year at Landstown High School. She teaches English and journalism; she also advises the high school newspaper. Landstown has more than 2,000 students. At Virginia Wesleyan, Krissy majored in English and minored in journalism. Submitted on Feb 26 2010. Daniel Waller (2001) Daniel Waller (2001) and Donna Smither are happy to announce their marriage on January 1, 2010 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Suffolk, Virginia. Submitted on Feb 22 2010. Bryan Nichols (2005) Bryan Nichols (2005) and Kristen Habicht are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place in September 2010 in Baltimore. Kristen is a nurse at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Bryan is a local journalist and is completing a masters at JHU in nonfiction writing. Submitted on Feb 19 2010. Erica Byrum (2001) Erica Lee Byrum (2001) has recently passed the Virginia Bar Exam and is employed as an Attorney at the firm of Shames & Byrum, P.C. in Chesapeake, VA. She is engaged to Mark Ross, the superintendent at Virginia Beach National Golf Course. Submitted on Feb 12 2010. > Read all Class Notes
Lee-Ann (Howard) O'Dell (1990), Assistant Director of the University of Virginia’s Hampton Roads Center in Virginia Beach is concluding a four year, grant funded professional development project in Franklin City Public Schools. The work, which was partially underwritten by the Franklin-Southampton Charities, focused on a variety of areas including leadership, reading, writing, special education and mathematics. It involved a sustained effort of direct training combined with job embedded coaching, and leadership work sessions to guide the effort. As a result, student achievement increased in a number of the targeted project areas. Most notably, third graders passed the state assessment in reading for the first time and eighth graders passed the state assessment in writing for the first time, then climbed an additional ten percentage points. The Hampton Roads Center of the University of Virginia is part of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. Ms. O’Dell’s area of expertise is in developing long-term partnerships with school divisions for the purposes of delivering small to large scale, multi-year, customized professional learning for classroom teachers, specialists, building and central office leadership. Submitted on Mar 20 2010. Chad Longe (1999) Chad Longe (1999) was named Head Baseball and Softball Coach at Lanier High School in Sugar Hill, GA. The school is opening in August 2010. Submitted on Mar 11 2010. > Read more Career News
Jennifer (Campioli) Cannan (1999) and Jason Cannan are proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Jeremy Michael. He was born on September 15, 2009 in Fairfax, Virginia, and weighed 8 lb., 7 oz.. Jeremy and his parents are doing well! Submitted on Mar 15 2010. Karen (Johnson) Murphy (1995) Karen (Johnson) Murphy (1995) and husnand Max Murphy are proud to announce the birth of a baby girl, Fiona Madeline. She was born on January 11, 2010 in Summit, NJ, and weighed 8 lbs. Fiona is welcomed by her big sister, Lila (2) Submitted on Mar 10 2010. > Read more Births & Adoptions
Laura Cox (2006) and Richard Taylor are happy to announce their engagement. The wedding ceremony will take place on October 23, 2010 in Atlanta, GA. Submitted on Mar 10 2010. Daniel Waller (2001) Daniel Waller (2001) and Donna Smither are happy to announce their marriage on January 1, 2010 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Suffolk, Virginia. Submitted on Feb 22 2010. > Read more Marriages & Engagements
Aubrey Von Lindern (1998) received a Master of Science in Historic Preservation from University of Vermont in December 2008. Submitted on Jan 14 2010. Leigh Harrell (1997) Leigh Harrell (1997) received her PhD in Educational Research and Evaluation (EDRE)from Virginia Tech on December 18, 2009. She received the Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year award for the EDRE program in 2009. She is currently an instructor and the undergraduate coordinator for the Department of Statistics at Virginia Tech, a position she has held since August 2004. Submitted on Jan 13 2010. > Read more Educational News
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