To acknowledge the support that volunteers have provided Arlington Public Schools, the Arlington School Board will recognize 15 Honored Citizens at the Volunteer Appreciation Reception and Ceremony on Thursday, April 19. The reception begins at 7 p.m. and the recognition ceremony begins at 7:30 p.m.
Honored Citizens are chosen for their involvement in a wide variety of school activities throughout the county and sustained commitment (usually five or more years) to the Arlington Public Schools.
This year’s Honored Citizens and their volunteer affiliations with APS are:
Alisa Cowen – Arlington Special Education Action Committee, Career Center, National Alliance on Mental Illness
Courtney Dixon – Drew Elementary School and Mt. Zion Tutorial Ministry (Tutoring partnership)
Dan Dixon –Arlington Science Focus School, Swanson, Washington-Lee, Hoffman-Boston, Advisory Council on Instruction, Superintendent’s Advisory Committee on Accountability and Evaluation and Budget Advisory Council
Laura Saul Edwards – Nottingham, Williamsburg and Yorktown
Natalie Goldring – Advisory Council on Instruction, Gifted Services, A&E, Extended Day Advisory Committee, County Council of PTAs, Swanson, McKinley
Mollie Iler – Gunston
Martha Chow Kopca – Tuckahoe, Nottingham, Williamsburg, Yorktown, H-B Woodlawn
Thomas Martion – Oakridge
Todd McCracken – Tuckahoe, Facilities Advisory Committee, 2010 School Bond Campaign
Lynn Pollock – Jamestown, Williamsburg
Theresa Schweser – Key, Kenmore, Wakefield
Greg Super – Oakridge, Wakefield, 2008 School Bond Campaign, Facilities Advisory Committee
John Toner – Arlington Special Education Action Committee, Special Education PTA
Gilda Vallejos – Randolph, Washington-Lee, Advisory Council on Instruction, ESOL/HILT Committee, APS Multicultural Conference
Kristine Wood – Key, Facilities Advisory Committee, Food Services Advisory Committee.