Front Royal Rotary Club honors county public school teachers

Photo courtesy of Bret Hrbek

In a half-hour ceremony at its weekly meeting at the town’s Villa Avenue Community Center, the Rotary Club of Front Royal honored 11 Warren County educators with “teacher of the year” awards.

It was at the long-standing annual ceremony conducted by President Lori Glascock that the current schools’ superintendent Dr. Chris Ballenger, an invited guest, remarked on the importance of bringing education back to where it was “pre-pandemic.”

“Education has changed,” Dr. Ballenger said in a brief message of congratulations to the honorees, each of whom was introduced by his or her school principal. The long-standing event was organized this year by former school superintendent Rotarian Pamela M. McInnis.

The 11 nominated teachers, who each received a plaque from Glascock, were:

• Loretta Abbott, A.S. Rhodes;
• Michael Seelinger, E.W. Morrison;
• Katherine Platter, Hilda J. Barbour;
• Brittany Babick-Fox, Leslie Fox Keyser;
• Jeanellyn Beatty, Ressie Jeffries;
• Darcy Cupp, Skyline Middle School;
• Jennifer Davis, Warren County Middle School;
• Leah Martin, non-traditional school;
• Devon Smith, Blue Ridge Technical Center;
• Daniel Holland, Skyline High School;
• Richard Gardner, Warren County High School.