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Salute to Education 2007
- 2007 Salute to Education Grant Recipients
- DeSoto County's Outstanding Educators
- Foundation Scholarships
- Education Vital to Economic Development
- Thanks to Our Sponsors
The DeSoto Council Congratulates 2007 Salute to Education Grant Recipients
The DeSoto County Foundation for Excellence in Education, Inc. awarded grants to 127 teachers at the 2007 Salute to Education program, totaling more than $58,000 to DeSoto County Public School teachers. The DeSoto Council congratulates the hard-working teachers who were awarded these grants and are listed below.
| Center Hill Elementary | Center Hill Middle/High | Chickasaw Elementary | DeSoto Central Elementary | DeSoto Central High |
| Cindy Hamilton | Shannon Eldridge | Amy Kraft | Kristen Holloway | Mark Montgomery |
| Hope Marshall | Samantha King | Jessica Stephan | Alison Lee | Alane Tentoni |
| Cindy Spivey | Meredith Smith | |||
| Ann Suriani | ||||
| DeSoto Central Middle | DeSoto County Alternative Center | Greenbrook Elementary | Hernando Elementary | Hernando High |
| Lauren Allgood | Ashley Henley | Jennie Taylor | Pattie Pulliam | Roy Bolden |
| Cynthia Dixon | Brent Lavers | Beverly Williams | Sammie Thorell | Martha Cummins |
| Jennifer Hendrix | Paige Faucheux | |||
| Amy Wallace | ||||
| Hernando Hills Elementary | Hernando Middle | Hope Sullivan Elementary | Horn Lake Elementary | Horn Lake High |
| Patsy Morrison | Tonya Briggs | Amanda Duggin | Elaine Abel | Melinda Austin |
| Jennifer Pesce | Tish Clark | Terri McCain | Jenny Moore | Chris Tice |
| Angela Thompson | Jessica King | |||
| Cynthia Vaughn | ||||
| Horn Lake Intermediate | Horn Lake Middle | Lake Cormorant Elementary | Lake Cormorant Middle | Lewisburg Elementary |
| Laurie Poppenheimer | Phillis Boileau | Leanne Bailey | Brenda Carter | Theresa Cacciotti |
| Erin Sykes | Janell Hankerson | Amanda Holley | Rae Rogers Davis | Leigh Ann Ford |
| Shae Humphries | Sherry Horton | Bonnie Jones | ||
| Erica Lindsey | Bonnie Sinclair | |||
| Hillary Shaw | ||||
| Lewisburg Middle/High | Magnolia at the DAC | Oak Grove |
Elementary | Olive Branch Elementary |
| Trisha Bone (2) | Cindy Smith | Brandy Bailey | Miriam Reinhardt | Sherry Barnes |
| Wendy Jumper | Dr. Charles Waller | Bobby Davis | Leslie Shelton | Christa Carson |
| Mandy Lenihan | Donna Lackey | Marcela Simmons | ||
| Lucia Nelson | Terri Mills | Jennifer Strawn | ||
| Spence Rodman | Tanya Musselwhite | Christy Waldrup | ||
| Beth Pharr | Kelly Suzanne Womble | |||
| Laura Powell | ||||
| Olive Branch High | Olive Branch Intermediate | Olive Branch Middle | Overpark Elementary | Pleasant Hill Elementary |
| Jeannette Bailey | Barbara Bishop | Allyson Brigance | Kim Luttrell | Carla Belk |
| Gerry Long | Melanie Cummings | Barbara Knecht | Kim McNeer | Tonya Creech |
| April Myers | Michelle Laxton | Laura Sloan | Kathy Lewis | |
| Regina Ross | Martha Liston | |||
| Tonya Porter | ||||
| Jennifer Smith | ||||
| Susan Taylor | ||||
| Sacred Heart | SBEC | Shadow Oaks Elementary | Southaven Elementary | Southaven High |
| Sister Margaret Sue Broker | Renee Camp | Shelby Elmore | Monetta Davis | Marsha Pickle |
| Jennifer Hodge | Denise Davis | Anna Holland | Lori Umstattd | Judy Russell |
| Nancy Steadham | Nancy Schuldt | |||
| Tonya Wade | Susan Webster | |||
| Janet Watson | ||||
| Southaven Middle | Veritas Classical | Walls Elementary | ||
| Aisha Maxwell | David Kinsey | Melissa Burnside | ||
| Justin McCandless | Jill Marr | Donna Marie Damore | ||
| Cindy Passons | Marilouise Mauldin | Jessica Moore | ||
| Marsha Morgan | ||||
| Jennifer Vicars |
The DeSoto Council Congratulates DeSoto County's Oustanding Educators
Cheryl Beene, Teacher of the Year
Lorrie Downen , Parent of the Year
Rebecca Dearden, Administrator of the Year
Joe Eddy , Adult Educator of the Year
Foundation Awards Scholarships
Each year, the DeSoto County Foundation for Excellence in Education, Inc., and the DeSoto Council award scholarships to students at Northwest Mississippi Community College.
Hailey Thweatt received the Foundation scholarship at NWCC. Thweatt is a 2007 graduate of Horn Lake High School, where she worked at the campus preschol. She is an Elementary Education major.
Rebecca Holliman is the recipient of the DeSoto Council scholarship at NWCC. She is a 2006 graduate of Horn Lake High School, and maintained a 3.55 gpa her freshman year at NWCC. She volunteers with the Crystal Ball and RiverKings Booster Club. Holliman is majoring in Business Administration and plans to attend the University of Memphis following her graduation from NWCC.
Education Vital to Economic Development
It’s no secret in DeSoto County that education is a vital part of economic development, and the speaker at the DeSoto Council’s Third Quarter Membership Luncheon/Salute to Education reinforced the importance of education to the general economy.
Martha Perine Beard serves as Vice President and Senior Branch Executive of the Memphis Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The Memphis Branch’s region includes west Tennessee, north Mississippi and east Arkansas.
In her speech to the crowd of more than 350 business professionals and teachers, Beard cited statistics that give evidence of education’s importance to the community and its economy. These statistics include the fact that about one-fourth of Americans who have earning power have college degrees, and those with college degrees earn 75 percent more than those without degrees. She went on to praise DeSoto County for its outstanding schools and for its community support of education. “DeSoto County has a good story to tell,” she said.
Beard is the mother of three children, all of whom attended public schools. She joked that she was jealous of DeSoto County’s Parent of the Year, saying she spent 15 years working with her children’s schools and was never honored as Parent of the Year. “I want your award!” she said.
The DeSoto County Foundation for Excellence in Education Thanks our Sponsors Who Make Salute to Education Possible
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis - Memphis Branch • AERC PLLC • Alcoa Foundaton • Amy Ashworth • Atmos Energy • BancorpSouth • BankPlus • Baptist Memorial Hospital - DeSoto • Barry Bouchillon State Farm • Citizens National Bank • Comfort Suites • Community Bank • Cowboy Corner • DeSoto County Bank • DeSoto County Literacy Council • DeSoto Family Dental Care • Emerson Motor Company • Entergy • First Choice Realty LLC • First Tennessee Bank • Future Electronics • Jason Bailey • JBHM Education Group • John Armstrong • John Bayard Snowden • Johnny Coleman Builders • Kawneer • Lee & Jody Smart • Lynda & Bill Austin • M&F Bank • Merrill Lynch • Myers Graves • Northcentral Electric Power Association • Oak Hill MB Church • Pinnacle Real Estate LLC • Quebecor World • Renasant Bank • Sharon Green • Sherwin Williams • Southaven Pontiac Buick GMC • Southgroup/Brown & Haynes • Southaven Power • State Farm Insurance ® Companies • The Neverleak Company • Triner Scale & Manufacturing • United Way of the MIdsouth • Walker Brown & Brown • Wells Fargo Home Mortgage - Southaven