Esmond Principal Dr. Angela Tucker Named Finalist for Golden Apple Leadership Award  

By Tina Jenkins Bell    Esmond Elementary School Principal Dr. Angela Tucker has been selected as a finalist for the prestigious Golden Apple Leadership award.   Dr. Tucker has been principal at Esmond since 2005. In her first year, she helped elevate the school out of academic probation, and Esmond has had an eighth-grade graduation rate […]

Barnard FUSE and STEM Programs Empower, Engage Student Learning

By Tina Jenkins Bell, BAPA School Liaison “I can feel the hum of learning every time I pass by,” Kathleen Valente, principal of Alice L. Barnard Elementary School, said. Valente was describing the didactically, positive happenings in Barnard’s International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme (MYP) Design class as a result of FUSE, a STEAM (Science, Technology, […]