Congratulations to the 2025 WPS Convocation Winners!

Convocation 2025 was the best one yet! We kicked things off with a high-energy spirit competition and heard inspiring messages from WPS Teacher of the Year, Mary Cate Cornish, and global guest speaker Freebird McKinney.

Rookie of the Year

Kristen Smith – John Kerr Elementary School

Excellence in Service

Britni Buchanan – Frederick Douglass Elementary School, Teaching Assistant
Doug Shaw – Daniel Morgan Middle, School Nurse
Sara Weinstein – Emil & Grace Shihadeh Innovation Center, Work-Based Learning Coach

Winchester Education Foundation Grants

Loy "Come Back to Teach" Grant

(Left to Right) - Tiffany Markosky (EGSIC), Wendy Houser (JKES), Jeremiah Wilson (DMMS), Sarah Palmer (DMIS), Sabrina Ramey (JHHS), & Sarah Walrath (JKES, Not Pictured)

Navy Federal Award

Laura Flippu (DMMS) and Yelena Bravo Edwards (GQES)

Friend of Education Award

Shelly Lee

Stewart Bell Excellence in Teaching

Troy Phillips – Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart Elementary School, PreSchool Teacher