News: Teacher of the Year Nominations Now Open in Loudoun

(Nov. 6, 2012) - Nominations are now being accepted for 2013 Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award. This award also honors Loudoun County’s Teacher of the Year.


Completed nomination packets must be delivered or sent to Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Supervisor of Elementary Education Dr. Angela Gwynne-Atwater by Friday, January 11, 2013.

This award is named after the wife of Post owner Eugene Meyer. Agnes Meyer was a staunch supporter and defender of public education. Winners of the Agnes Meyer Award are recognized for teaching excellence, creativity and the quality of their instruction. A total of 21 awards are presented; one each to 19 school districts in the Washington Metropolitan area, one to a teacher from a private school and one to a teacher from a Washington, D.C., charter school.

Recipients of the Agnes Meyer Award will receive a $3,000 prize at a ceremony in May at The Post.

Instructions for submitting a nomination for this award are on the LCPS website, www.lcps.org, under Announcements. If you have any questions please contact the Office of Elementary Education at 571-252-1290 or contact Suzanne.Kovacs@lcps.org.

Past winners of this award are not eligible to receive it again. Past winners of the Agnes Meyer Award include:

• Linda P. Sheffield, Loudoun County High School (1984) 
• Fritz J. Scholz III, Loudoun County High School (1985) 
• Shirley G. Lynn, Elementary Gifted Program (1986) 
• Harold D. Berry, C.S. Monroe Technology Center (1987) 
• Margaret W. Vaughan, Loudoun Valley High School (1988) 
• Elizabeth R. Doerken, Sully Elementary (1989) 
• Edith J. Middleton, Loudoun County High School (1990) 
• Everett W. Sutphin, C.S. Monroe Technology Center (1991) 
• Dean T. Drewyer, Loudoun Valley High School (1992) 
• Richard T. Gillespie, Loudoun Valley High School (1993) 
• Mary V. Young, Loudoun County High School (1994) 
• Mary Carol Elgin, C.S. Monroe Technology Center (1995) 
• Lee Daniel Kent, Loudoun County High School (1996) 
• Laura L. West, Meadowland Elementary (1997) 
• Ann S. Haring, Farmwell Station Middle School (1998) 
• Elizabeth “Lyle” Skarzinski, Loudoun Valley High School (1999) 
• Lora A. Buckman, Meadowland Elementary (2000) 
• Betty Hill Rankin, Sterling Middle School (2001) 
• Ronald W. Richards, Broad Run High School (2002) 
• Rachel P. Newell, Hillside Elementary (2003) 
• Douglas M. Dillon, Harper Park Middle School (2004) 
• Victoria L. Lascomb, Evergreen Mill Elementary (2005) 
• Elizabeth N. Korte, Stone Bridge High School (2006) 
• Sue Ann Gleason, Cedar Lane Elementary (2007) 
• Patricia Herr, Smart’s Mill Middle School (2008) 
• Jim Jenkins, Mountain View Elementary (2009) 
• Rhonda Alley, Douglass School (2010) 
• Kenneth David Keller, Stone Bridge High School (2011) 
• Andrea Schlegel, Heritage High School (2012)