Roanoke College honors longtime educator Doris Ennis
Ennis received the Margaret Sue Copenhaver Contribution to Education Award.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Longtime Roanoke educator Doris Ennis recently received the Margaret Sue Copenhaver Contribution to Education Award.
The annual honor is given on the final day of Roanoke College’s Margaret Sue Copenhaver Institute for Teaching and Learning, a three-day training program for teachers and administrators.
The institute, named for retired Richmond teacher Margaret Sue Copenhaver, is given to an educator who shares Copenhaver’s passion for teaching. Since 2003 administrators of the institute have selected a recipient for the award.
Ennis, who has served as a teacher, principal and acting superintendent for Roanoke City Public Schools, is currently a part-time consultant at William Fleming High School.
She started her career in education as a teacher at the former Booker T. Washington Junior High School and Patrick Henry High School. She was also an assistant principal at William Fleming and principal at William Ruffner Middle School before retiring in 1993. She later came back to the division for several special assignments, including acting superintendent.
“Doris has no personal agenda,” Roanoke Superintendent Rita Bishop said in a statement. “I have never seen her be unprofessional for a single second. It’s all for the kids.”
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The Roanoke Law Foundation recently awarded more than a dozen scholarships to area graduates, according to a news release.
The foundation awarded the 2013 James N. Kincanon scholarships and the 2013 Jane S. Glenn Scholarship on June 11 at the annual meeting of the Roanoke Bar Association.
The 2013 James N. Kincanon Scholarship recipients are Grace Meredith Casola, a graduate of Patrick Henry High School; Robert Frances Dohs Elder, a graduate of Patrick Henry High School; Thomas Daniel Frith, a North Cross School graduate; Ollie Monroe Bowman Howie, a graduate of William Fleming High School; Caleb William Richmond, a graduate of William Byrd High School; and Charles Matthew West, a graduate of Salem High School.
The 2013 Jane S. Glenn scholarship recipient is Christina Leigh Crawford, a graduate of Cave Spring High School.
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The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Col. William Preston chapter recently honored dozens of Roanoke Catholic School students.
The group awarded the Good Citizenship Award, which “recognizes students who embody the values of honor, service, courage, leadership and patriotism” to Jesse Derringer.
The group also honored national, state and local winners of the Junior American Citizens contest. More than 100 Roanoke Catholic students participated in the contest.
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