Foss, Montgomery, Sechrest earn Mary Clark Hanley Teaching Excellence Award

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May 15, 2019
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From left, front row, are Mary Clark Hanley award winner Elizabeth Sechrest, winner Alyssa Foss, nominee Kevin Scheer, nominee Michelle Faulkner, nominee Rachel Polsley, and winner Sarah Montgomery, were honored at the May 14, 2019, Marion School Board meeting. Also pictured are School Board members, back row, from left, Serafina Salamo, Bruce Weatherspoon, Todd Nicholson, Aaron Vermilion, Alan Beck, Superintendent Brad Lindsay, and Board members Chuck Griffin, and Dana Gault. (Photo provided by Marion Community Schools)



MARION — Six teachers earned special recognition at the MCS School Board meeting on May 11, 2016, as this year’s nominees and recipients of the Mary Clark Hanley Teaching Excellence Award.
 
The nominees are an exclusive group that personifies excellence. They were selected by their respective principals or coordinators. The 2015-16 nominees are:
  •          Sarah Montgomery, Little Giants Preschool; has been with Marion Community Schools 12 years
  •          Elizabeth Sechrest, Allen Elementary School; has been with MCS six years
  •          Rachel Polsley, Frances Slocum Elementary School; has been with MCS five years
  •          Alyssa Foss, Kendall Elementary School; has been with MCS four years
  •          Michelle Faulkner, Riverview Elementary School; has been with MCS two years
  •          Kevin Scheer, Justice Intermediate School, has been with MCS eight years
Foss, Montgomery, and Sechrest were chosen as the winners of the award. The winners were selected by the director of human resources, the district director of education, and an elementary principal, as requested by the Community Foundation.
 
Marion Community Schools congratulates all of these excellent teachers and thanks them for the work they do every day, and the difference it makes in our students' lives.
 
The Hanleys had the good fortune to be successful financially and wanted to give back to those individuals, communities, and institutions that have contributed over the years to their success. Mr. Hanley’s mother was certainly on that list, inspiring him educationally to be the best he could be, and that is why they named this award in her honor.
 
The award, set up in 2000 through the Community Foundation of Grant County to memorialize her name and her commitment to education and to promote excellence in teaching, is given annually to three outstanding elementary teachers in the MCS system, and this year included a prize of $500.
Contact:
Shelley Preston, HR Director
spreston@marion.k12.in.us