Recently elected at-large District of Columbia School Board member, Ted Trabue, will deliver the keynote address at the University of the District of Columbia Department of Education’s American Education Week 2008 Awards & Recognition Ceremony, Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 2 pm to 4 pm, Building 38, Windows Lounge. Mr. Trabue, who looks forward to the newly elected board’s focus on academics, says, “Our focus now is what goes on in the classroom.”
The University of the District of Columbia’s Department of Education will honor six individuals for their service and commitment to public education by presenting them with a Partners in Education Award. Awardees include Ms. Barbara Ferguson Kamara, founding administrator of the District of Columbia’s Office of Early Childhood Development and founder of the University of the District of Columbia’s Early Childhood Leadership Institute; Mr. James Garvin, general manager, Langston Golf Course; Dr. Eve Byford-Peterson, principal, Prospect Learning Center; Ms. Gwendolyn Payton, principal, Anne Beers Elementary School; Ms. Judy Bowers, teacher, Capitol Hill Cluster-Watkins ES; and Ms. Selma White, teacher, Capitol Hill Cluster-Peabody ES.
American Education Week is an annual celebration sponsored by the National Education Association. This year’s theme, Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility, highlights the importance of providing every child in the United States with a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great. The University of the District of Columbia is the only public institution of higher education in the District of Columbia and is committed to continuing to provide quality affordable education to District residents.
For additional information, contact Lena Walton, PhD, Associate Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Education, at (202) 274-5543 or [email protected], or Professor Donnell R. Peterson, University of the District of Columbia Department of Education, at (202) 274-5507 or [email protected].