{"id":2773,"date":"2016-05-20T11:00:56","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=2773"},"modified":"2016-05-21T11:24:41","modified_gmt":"2016-05-21T15:24:41","slug":"gw-teacher-wins-virginia-lotterys-super-teacher-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=2773","title":{"rendered":"GW Teacher Wins Virginia Lottery&#8217;s &#8220;Super Teacher Award&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>A George Washington Middle School career and technical education teacher has won the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher Award. Sybil Currie-Boyd was presented with the award in a surprise assembly of cheering sixth-grade students, faculty and guests on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Currie-Boyd was selected as one of eight winners across Virginia out of nearly 800 nominees. The award honors outstanding K-12 public school educators who are passionate about and committed to their profession, are innovative and creative in the classroom and go above and beyond in involving parents.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was so happy for her. I was cheering for her the whole time. Nobody else deserves this more than her. Overall her class is the best I&#8217;ve had all year. I&#8217;ve enjoyed it a lot,&#8221; said one of her students.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She made learning fun for everyone. Everyone enjoyed her class,&#8221; another of her students added.<\/p>\n<p>Currie-Boyd is the first ACPS teacher to receive the award in its nine-year history. In addition to receiving a $2,000 cash prize, Currie-Boyd also received an additional $2,000 credit to purchase classroom supplies.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I was happy to share the moment with my family and my students were there, too. How cool is that! When I heard some of the things that were said in the nomination letter, I felt that there&#8217;s no way that I could do this by myself. It is the support of my colleagues and students that keep me going. This is their award. I am humbled by this,&#8221; said Currie-Boyd.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Currie-Boyd was nominated by a fellow teacher for her willingness to go the extra mile to set up field trips and even make clothes for needy children abroad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>View a video of the surprise ceremony and see Currie-Boyd&#8217;s reaction:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9fL3haeeJPY\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This award reflects the ACPS 2020 Strategic Plan goal of ensuring that Every Students Succeeds by having an Exemplary Staff.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ooaF5o3xzmI\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Washington Middle School career and technical education teacher Sybil Currie-Boyd won the Virginia Lottery Super Teacher award in a surprise assembly of sixth-grade students, faculty and guests last Monday. 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