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Logan Graves, Visual Arts teacher at Positive Pathways Transition Center, won the 2021 North American Sumo Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December. She will represent the U.S. at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, Alabama, in July. Held every four years after the Summer Games, the 2021 event was postponed due to COVID.
Superintendent Barbara M. Jenkins recently received two awards: • 2022 Cognia Values-Driven Award for demonstrating the organization’s values through the work OCPS is doing on behalf of its learners to advance and enable pathways for success for all. Cognia accredits primary and secondary schools throughout the United States and internationally. • Baldrige Foundation Award for Leadership Excellence in Education. The award recognizes leaders who support and sustain the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which supports organizational performance excellence throughout the United States and the world. Dr. Jenkins will receive this award in April outside Washington, D.C.
For the fifth consecutive time, the Winter Park Roar Dance team, coached by Joyce Winter and Abbey Lacaillade, won the medium varsity division in jazz and hip hop at the Universal Dance Association's Florida Dance championship.
The Florida Bandmasters Association awarded the following OCPS teachers with the Linda Mann Award Five Year Superior Award and the Five Year Jazz Superior Award: • •
Amy Wacksman, (right) Southwest Middle Kimberly Zipoli-Martins, (left) Corner Lake Middle
They earned these awards for receiving five consecutive years of superior ratings at concert and jazz music performance assessments.
The following are 2022 Florida High School Athletics Association Competitive Cheerleading Region 2 winners: • •
Small division - Dr. Phillips High - coached by Summer Hernandez Medium division - Winter Park High - coached by Angela Austin
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