Margo Morris Handy

Director of Elementary Education

Year Honored: 2000

Wicomico County Board of Education
Salisbury, MD

At the time of the Award, Margo Morris Handy was:

Principal
Pemberton Elementary School
Salisbury, MD

Biographical Information

Always on the lookout for effective instructional practices, Margo Handy, principal of Pemberton Elementary School in Salisbury, participates in local, state and national reading and math conferences, takes teams of teachers and parents to visit Blue Ribbon and model elementary schools, immerses herself in a variety of educational journals, books and magazines, and accesses other pertinent resources through technology and community networking opportunities. Thanks to programs Mrs. Handy has implemented-such as an after-school tutoring program, a club for disadvantaged boys, reading and writing enrichment programs, and a voluntary school uniform policy-Pemberton students have shown rapid gains in MSPAP (Maryland School Performance Assessment Program) scores in just four years, with a marked decline in discipline problems.

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