2024-2025 FOX CHAPEL AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT STATE OF THE SCHOOLS
STAFF ACCOLADES
• Fox Chapel Area School District Superintendent Dr. Mary Catherine Reljac was named the recipient of the first-ever Reflective Leadership Award from Leading Now, a nationwide organization that supports superintendents in navigating political complexity and strengthening public trust. The award is given to a school leader who leads with clarity, purpose, and the courage to pause and go deeper. The Reflective Leadership Award is one of three inaugural Public Trust Awards.
• Dr. Megan Collett, the district’ s executive director of instructional and innovative leadership, was named the 2025 Technology Administrator of the Year by the Pennsylvania Education Technology Expo and Conference. The award is presented to an administrator who encourages or facilitates innovation and / or leadership in the use of technology in schools. The winner must also have noteworthy technology innovations and / or leadership achievements.
• Fox Chapel Area High School transition coordinator Dr. Stacie Dojonovic helped develop curriculum as a lead author through the Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Dojonovic also served as a presenter and keynote speaker on the topic of student transitions for various organizations across the United States.
• High school English teacher Jessica Green was given the Educator of Distinction Award by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. Ms. Green was nominated by senior Gabriella Hample. The award is given to educators who have had a significant impact on the lives of Coca-Cola Scholars.
• The Fox Chapel Area School District won 11 national awards in the 2025 National School Public Relations Association Publications and Digital Media Excellence Awards contest. Additionally, the district won 15 state awards in the Pennsylvania School Public Relations Association’ s Excellence in Education Communications Contest. Fox Chapel Area’ s winning entries were coordinated by Jill Leonard, the district’ s community engagement specialist, and by Bonnie Berzonski, the district’ s coordinator of communications.
• High school art teacher Joan Marangoni was selected as one of only six teachers from across the U. S. to serve on the first Junk Kouture Teacher Advisory Board. Junk Kouture is an international fashion competition that uses recycled materials for garment construction.
• Sarah Stewart Vasquez, a high school art teacher, had an original metalwork piece,“ Arrow,” exhibited on the Society for North American Goldsmiths 2025 Annual Juried Student Exhibition website.
• Dorseyville Middle School choral director Amy Beresik served as the guest conductor for the PMEA District 5 Singfest Fifth-Grade Chorus in March 2025.
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