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EGATE Awards

2022 Excellence in Gifted and Talented Education Awards

Outstanding Educator in Gifted and Talented Education 

Local School Administrator (School Principals and Assistant Principals)

Dr. Kendra Hill

Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Kristie Clark

Kenilworth Elementary School

Cheryl Franklin

Robert R. Gray Elementary School

Toi Davis

University Park Elementary

Kimberly Pettway

Valley View Elementary School


Outstanding Educator in Gifted and Talented Education 

 Local School GT Program Coordinator

Janet Clarke-Green

Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Outstanding Educator in Gifted and Talented Education -- Teacher as Leader (Classroom teachers and school-based resource teachers)

Leon McCants

Accokeek Academy

Robyn Jones

Benjamin Tasker Middle

Mrs. Chunhong Lin 

Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Ms. Carla Hunter

Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Kermethia Armstrong

Glenarden Woods Elementary

Renna Brown

Heather Hills Elementary School

Monique Bartley

Heather Hills Elementary School

Imon Parker

Kenilworth Elementary School

Bernardette Woodbury

Kenmoor Middle School

Betty Adkins

Kenmoor Middle School

Paul Bush

Kenmoor Middle School

Mary Mullennix

Kingsford Elementary School

Zandra Brown

Langley-Park McCormick Elementary School

Heidi Schmidt

Maya Angelou French Immersion

Ella Kilpatrick

Valley View Elementary School

Michelle Wickliffe

Valley View Elementary School

Tyler Mathers

Walker Mill Middle School

Lemya Crawford

Walker Mill Middle School

Jeff Lloyd

Walker Mill Middle School

Drexel Perry

Walker Mill Middle School

Student Accomplishment in Gifted and Talented Education

Braylon Marshall

Benjamin Tasker Middle School

Nana Safo-Mensa

Charles Herbert Flowers High School, Science and Tech Program

Alvaro Ceron-Ruiz

Eleanor Roosevelt High School

Madison Harris

Kenmoor Middle School

Violet Stallings

Kenmoor MIddle School

Laksha Gounder

Valley View Elementary School

Camille Bissahoyo

Walker Mill Middle School

2019 PGCPS EGATE Certified Schools

EGATE

Award Years

School

Program Model

Principal

EGATE Team Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Accokeek Academy

TAG Center Program     

Dr. Judy Adams, Principal

Ellen St. Clair, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Benjamin Tasker Middle

TAG Center Program

Dr. Kendra Hill, Principal

Janet Clarke-Green, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Greenbelt Elementary

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Dr. Monica Gaines, Principal

Marson Richardson, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Heather Hills Elementary

TAG Center Program

Nema Manual, Principal

Richard Johnson, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Mattaponi Elementary

TAG Center Program

Stephen Greene, Principal

Amanda Meyer and Mary Brady, EGATE Leaders

2019-2020

2024-2025

Pointer Ridge Elementary

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Dr. Mary Stephenson, Principal

Kristy Tull, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Valley View Elementary

TAG Center Program

Kimberly Pettway, Principal

Deborah Brown, EGATE Leader

2019-2020

2024-2025

Walker Mill Middle

TAG Center Program

Erinn Cribbs, Principal

Nadine Gaujean, EGATE Leader

PGCPS EGATE Certified Schools

EGATE

Award Years

School

Program Model

Principal

EGATE Team Leader

2018 - 2019

2023 - 2024

Capitol Heights Elementary

TAG Center Program     

Nina Lattimore, Principal

Wendy Walton, EGATE Leader

2018 - 2019

2023 - 2024

Longfields Elementary

TAG Center Program

Carmen Bell, Principal

Erica Bair, EGATE Leader

2018 - 2019

2023 - 2024

Glenarden Woods Elementary

TAG Center Program

Cecelia Jones-Bowlding, Principal

Carolyn Monroe, EGATE Leader

2018 - 2019

2023 - 2024

Montpelier Elementary

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Carla Furlow, Principal

Lisa Dolan, EGATE Leader

2018 - 2019

2023 - 2024

Vansville Elementary

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Dr. Catherine Dingle, Principal

Amanda Soto, EGATE Leader

2016 - 2017  

2021 - 2022   

Whitehall Elementary School

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Prentice Christian, Principal

Shaneena C. McDonnaugh and Torrey N. Murrary, EGATE Team Leaders

2015 - 2016   

2020 - 2021  

Kenmoor Middle School

TAG Center

Maha Fadli, Principal

Beth Novick, EGATE Team Leader

2015 - 2016 

2020 - 2021 

University Park Elementary School
TAG in the Regular Classroom

Toi Davis, Principal
Joyce Jackson, EGATE Leader

2015 - 2016
2020 - 2021

Calverton Elementary School
TAG in the Regular Classroom

Monique Sloan, Principal
Ann Rossman, EGATE Leader

 Previous PGCPS EGATE Certified Schools

EGATE

Award Years

School

Program Model

Principal

EGATE Team Leader

2014 - 2015
2019 - 2020

Greenbelt Elementary
TAG in the Regular Classroom

Monica Gaines, Principal
Stephanie Barber, EGATE Leader

2013 - 2014
2018 - 2019

Capitol Heights Elementary
TAG Center Program

Clara Yancey, Acting Principal
Wendy Walton, EGATE Leader

2013 - 2014
2018 - 2019

Greenbelt Middle School
TAG Center Program

Warren Tweedy, Principal
Tracey Thisse, EGATE Leader

2013 - 2014
2018 - 2019

Mattaponi Elementary
TAG in the Regular Classroom

Dr. Janice Hay, Principal
Kim Aaron and Lakeda Williams, EGATE Leaders

2012 - 2013

2017 - 2018

Accokeek Academy

TAG Center Program

Judy Adams, Principal

Amanda Meyer and Ellen St. Clair, EGATE Leaders

2012 - 2013 

2017 - 2018 

Glenarden Woods Elementary School

TAG Center Program     

Cecelia Bowlding, Principal

Carolyn Monroe and Alaina Jackson, EGATE Leaders

2012 - 2013

2017 - 2018

Heather Hills Elementary School

TAG Center Program

Patsy Hosch, Principal

Robert Roman and Jennifer Pierson, EGATE Leaders

2012 - 2013

2017 - 2018

Rockledge Elementary School

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Kimberly Seidel, Principal

Rena Shylanski, EGATE Leader

2011 - 2012

2016 - 2017

Montpelier Elementary School

TAG in the Regular Classroom

Carla Furlow, Principal

Lisa Dolan, EGATE Team Leader

2011 - 2012 

2016 - 2017

Valley View Elementary School

TAG Center Program

JoAnn Spruell, Principal

Tenesia Crook, EGATE Team Leader

2011 - 2012

2016 - 2017

Walker Mill Middle School

TAG Center Program

Gorman Brown, Principal

Samantha Cotton, EGATE Team Leader

2010 - 2011

2015 - 2016

Kenmoor Middle School

TAG Center Program

Maha Fadli, Principal

Kathleen Gregory, EGATE Team Leader