Dayton ISD teachers honored

Dayton ISD Principals and Recipients of the HAASB Houston Area Alliance Black School Educators Awards are pictured left to right: Leona McCord (Principal Kimmie Brown Elementary), Kayleigh Todd (Kimmie Brown Elementary), Ashley Hobbs (Principal Dr. E.R Richter Elementary), Bianca Franklin (Dr. E.R. Richter Elementary), Bridgette Bean (Principal Nottingham Alternative Education Center) , Brittany Allgood (Nottingham Alternative Education Center), Ross Cullins (Woodrow Wilson Jr. High Principal), Amanda Gonzalez (Woodrow Wilson Jr. High), Traci Johnson (Dayton High School), Dr. Travis Young (Assistant Superintendent of Student Services), Will Felder (Dayton High School Principal), Tia Robinson (Stephen F. Austin Elementary), Atiya Wortham (Stephen F. Austin Principal), Sunshine Mouton (Annie E. Colbert Elementary) and Sonya Woodfork (Annie E. Colbert Elementary Principal).

Several Dayton ISD teachers were honored at the 37th Annual Houston Area Alliance Black School Educators (HAABSE) Awards, on Thursday, Feb. 8, at the Bayou City Event Center. All seven campuses had a HAABSE Teacher of the Year representative for this special occasion.

Dr. Rhonda Mason, HAABSE President, and Dr. Brenda Dearmon, HAABSE President-Elect, along with subcommittee chairs, held a phenomenal event with over 1,300 attendees.

Approximately 300 teachers were recognized in the greater Houston area for being HAABSE Teachers of the Year.

Not only were the Teachers of the Year honored, Sheree Bogany, Scholarship and Sponsorships Chair, also announced 18 scholarship winners. 

Dayton High School senior JaOnna White was a recipient of a $1,000 scholarship. Bogany thanked the various sponsors from numerous companies and businesses that supported this event and the scholarships.

Dr. Travis Young (Assistant Superintendent, Dayton ISD), JaOnna White (Dayton High School Senior), and Ms. Sheree Bogany (Scholarship Chairperson) are pictured.
Pictured left to right: Dr. Rhonda Mason (HAABSE President), Dr. Travis Young (Assistant Superintendent), Ms. Brittney Allgood (Nottingham Alternative Education Center), Ms. Bianca Franklin (Dr.E. R. Richter Elementary), Ms. Amanda Gonzalez (Wilson Junior High), Ms. Traci Johnson (Dayton High School), Ms. Tia Robinson (Stephen F. Austin Elementary), Ms. Sunshine Mouton (Colbert Elementary), Ms. Kayleigh Todd (Kimmie Brown Elementary), and Dr. Brenda Dearmon (HAABSE President Elect/TARC Event Chair)
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Before creating Bluebonnet News in 2018, Vanesa Brashier was a community editor for the Houston Chronicle/Houston Community Newspapers. During part of her 12 years at the newspapers, she was assigned as the digital editor and managing editor for the Humble Observer, Kingwood Observer, East Montgomery County Observer and the Lake Houston Observer, and the editor of the Dayton News, Cleveland Advocate and Eastex Advocate. Over the years, she has earned more than two dozen writing awards, including Journalist of the Year.

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