Think Pink: Woodlawn Middle Staff Participate in Race for the Cure
- March 11, 2009
Of the 10,000 people participating in the March 7 Susan G. Komen Baton Rouge Race for the Cure walkathon, 52 of them proudly represented Woodlawn Middle School. Between all the school staff members (pictured), they raised $1,040 to help fund breast cancer education, screening and treatment programs in our region.
In fact, Woodlawn Middle School won an award for Schools with the Most Participants (second place). The school’s team, which included seven cancer survivors among staff members, was led by Principal Shelly Colvin (center, blond hair and pink shirt with boa).
Principal Brister in Washington, D.C., to Accept McKinley Middle School’s Second Blue Ribbon Award
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, Principal Herman Brister (pictured, left) and the school’s Teacher of the Year, Lynn Williamson (right), were in Washington, D.C., accepting McKinley Middle Academic Magnet School’s National Blue Ribbon Award from U.S. Department of Education’s Director of National Blue Ribbon Schools Program Aba Kumi (center). The event, which recognized some 314 schools from across the United States, was held at the Omni Hotel. Click herefor story.
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