Support Employee of the Year, Carmen Blake For the past 20 years, Carmen has served as a media paraprofessional, developing relationships with staff and students while supporting literacy and technology needs in the library and media center. In that space, she is able...
Teacher of the Year, Bonnie Powell Bonnie Powell has been teaching for thirty-one years with 26 of those in Charlotte County. She has taught all grade and ability levels from ELL to Reading Remediation, with a focus now on Advanced Placement Literature, Advanced...
Teacher of the Year, Lisa Branno Penwell Lisa Branno Penwell moved to Port Charlotte when she was five years old. She proudly attended CCPS for the entirety of her K-12 education and has spent her entire nineteen-year teaching career at PCHS. She is the first person...
Support Employee of the Year, Keturah Webb Keturah Webb, from Astoria, New York, is the middle child of seven. She came from a family that believed in playing hard and working even harder. As an adolescent, Keturah’s passion for playing team sports instilled in her a...
Class of 2022 encouraged to apply By NANCY J. SEMON, STAFF WRITER, YourSun.com This article was originally printed in The Sun Newspapers PORT CHARLOTTE -The Suncoast Schools Credit Union Foundation has partnered with the Charlotte Local Education Foundation to offer...
In this Issue: Teacher & Support Employee of the Year Celebration Message from the director Board president’s message Mentors needed, mentor testimonials Thank you to our 2019 back to school supply drive sponsors and volunteers Volunteers Matter Welcome new...
Gold Level Excellence Award & Luminary Award Charlotte Local Education Foundation (CLEF) was recently recognized for outstanding performance at the annual Take Stock in Children (TSIC) College and Career Readiness Summit. Take Stock in Children is a statewide...
