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F-F School Board Honors Faculty, Students at Meeting
The Ferguson-Florissant School District’s Board of Education honored the achievements of students, staff and community members at its monthly board meeting.
The following individuals were honored:
McCluer High School student Anitra Adams was recently named Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship program. She scored in the top three percent of the 160,000 African-American students who took the exam.
Three educators in the district were selected by the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Alpha Zeta Chapter to receive the annual “Apple for the Teacher” award. The honor is given to educators who demonstrate excellence and who make a difference in the lives of students and in the community. This year’s awardees are Charisse Baker-Ingram, a mathematics teacher at McCluer South-Berkeley High School; Betty Fagan, retired principal of McCluer South-Berkeley High School, and Shontell Woods, early education teacher at Airport Elementary School.
Five district students will also be honored on Nov. 22 at the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority Inc. Alpha Zeta Chapter’s annual “Apple for the Teacher” Awards Luncheon. The students all placed in the sorority’s annual National Essay Contest in their respective divisions. In the Middle School Division, three Ferguson Middle School eighth-grade students received awards: Nicholas Armstead took third place and received a $50 prize; Vashara Johnson took second place and received a $75 prize; and Jazmin Woodcox took first place and received a $100 prize. In the High School Division, two McCluer South-Berkeley students received awards: Junior Amber Keys took third place and received a $50 prize and senior Jared Williams took second place and received a $75 prize.
Elementary Science Instructional Coach Christine Ries was selected as one of this year’s Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipients for her outstanding contributions to science education. The Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards are given annually to area teachers who demonstrate dedication to students through excellence in education. Ries received her award at a ceremony on Nov. 16.
On Wednesday, Oct. 22, students from cooking classes in each FFSD high school came together to compete in a cooking competition inspired by a popular Food Network TV show where chefs create dishes based on a mandatory ingredient. The teams from McCluer, McCluer North, and McCluer South-Berkeley High School had one hour to create a dish incorporating sweet potatoes grown at Earthdance Farms in Ferguson.
Each team presented their recipes to a panel of four judges that included Laura Modrusic, the CFO of FFSD, Michael Lepage, an instructor at Le Cordon Bleu, Cortez Thomas, a graduate of McCluer High School and current pastry chef at Cathy’s Kitchen in Ferguson and District chef Tony Dodson. The McCluer South-Berkeley High School team of Michael Miller, Eryania Porter, Brittany Taylor and Nijahnae Davis won the competition with their roasted sweet potato and spicy black bean tacos. Team members were awarded cookbooks and a trophy.
