Best of the Web Awards 2007 Winners

Recognizing the most useful, informative, and easy-to-use sites on the MCPS web

Congratulations to the Winners of the Third Annual MCPS Best of the Web Awards at the Webmaster Convocation on April 25, 2007!

High Schools

• Gaithersburg HS

• John F. Kennedy HS

• Paint Branch HS

• Sherwood HS

• Winner! Watkins Mill HS
  Tobias Gelston, primary webmaster

Middle Schools

• Winner! John T. Baker MS
  Christopher W. Lloyd, primary webmaster

• Briggs Chaney MS

• Forest Oak MS

• Col. E. Brooke Lee MS

• A. Mario Loiederman MS

Elementary schools

• Bel Pre ES

• Great Seneca Creek ES

• Highland ES

• Winner! Laytonsville ES
  Nancy Wooten, parent webmaster

• Luxmanor ES

Office/Department

• Winner! Employee and Retiree Service Center
  Elaine R. Freedman, webmaster

• Tech Support Help Desk

• HIAT - High Incidence Accessible Technology

Project

• Forest Knolls ES Visual Arts Gallery

• Hoover MS Technology & Digital Media Gallery

• Winner! Montgomery County Media Festival
  James Blake, webmaster

Student Contribution Criteria

It was a tie!

• Winner! Sherwood HS
  Blake Savadow, student webmaster

• Winner! Churchill Bulldogs, Churchill Athletics
  student webteam

Recognition to Web Builders

A salute to the essential but sometimes unsung contributors to the growth and value of the MCPS web to our schools and community

• Roland Ikheloa, Chief of Staff, Board of Education

  For leading the development of the Board of Education web site since the MCPS web’s inception 12 years ago, broadening public access and streamlining the board’s operations

• Bob Straus, Systems Engineer, Directory Services, Office of Information and Organizational Systems

  For his expert and steadfast support of the more than 20 servers that make the MCPS web work

• Kerri Hennelly, Teacher, Highland Elementary School
  Kelly Reider, former Assistant Principal, Highland ES

  For being among the first school webmasters to move into the new web publishing system, Tron, and for continuing to experiment with its capabilities, aiding the learning of Web Services and fellow webmasters

• Michael Warner, Media Specialist, Forest Oak Middle School
  
  Brian Eichenlaub, Resource Teacher, Paint Branch High School

  For integrating student-created video of daily announcements into their school web sites, supporting student learning and parent access to school news