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Staff Highlights
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Andrea Whipple, Reading Specialist at Ever-
green Elementary School, received the KSRA
Celebrate Literacy Award. The award, given
out by the Tri-County Reading Council, honors
individuals who have made significant literacy
contributions at the local or state level.
Coach Rob Heist won the 2016 Philadelphia
Eagles High School Football Showdown Coach
of the Year Award.
Katherine Maxwell of Schwenksville Ele-
mentary School was awarded the 2015-16
Exemplary Teacher Award (Elementary School
Division) by the Montgomery County Science
Teachers Association (MCSTA).
Perkiomen Valley Middle School East teachers
Christopher Phelan and Marley Szwak were
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chosen as Fellows in the Woodrow Wilson His-
toryQuest program and attended the Summer
2017 WW HistoryQuest Institute in July at
Princeton University.
Garreth Heidt, Perkiomen Valley High School
English teacher, was elected to the Board of
Directors for the Touchstones Discussion Project.
Touchstones builds critical thinking, communi-
cation and leadership skills through respectful
and engaging discussion-based programs.
Lisa Eskin, Perkiomen Valley Middle School
East English teacher and Builders Club Advisor,
and Cyndi Moss, Perkiomen Valley High School
Principal, were inducted into the Kiwanis Club
of Collegeville Area as Founding Club Charter
Members.
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Susan Coryat, Perkiomen Valley High School
English teacher, published an article (co-au-
thored by former Perkiomen Valley High
School teacher Dr. Colleen Clemens) in the
May 2017 English Journal titled, “Women in
or outside of the Canon: Helping High School
Students Investigate the Role of Women in
Literature.”
The following employees received doctoral
degrees: Colleen Slavin, Perkiomen Valley
High School teacher; Matt Weir, Perkiomen
Valley Middle School West teacher; Kim Boyd,
Director of Special Education; Barbara Powers,
Schwenksville Elementary School Principal;
and Amy Sacks, Evergreen Elementary School
Principal.
A Look at Our Staff
Administrators 26
Teachers 421.5
Full-Time Support Staff
171
Maintenance/Custodial Staff
52.5
Food Service Staff
39.5
Teachers with Advanced Degrees
90.6%
Master’s Degrees 371
Doctoral Degrees 11
Teachers with 3 Years or Less with PV
Average Teacher Years of Service with PV
Teachers with 30+ Years of PV Service
Employees Who are PV Graduates

40.5
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There are teachers that have significantly impacted my success in high
school with my grades as well as helping me develop into the person I wanted to
become after I leave high school. I will definitely miss all my teachers and I will
always try to come back and visit. I just want to say thank you to all of them
because they have helped me so much.
- Senior Student, Class of 2017
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