Principal, Crellin Elementary School, which is the only school to earned a five-star rating for educational excellence from the Maryland State Department of Education - the state’s highest designation; Reclamation Project Lead who helped create an Environmental Education Laboratory, consisting of a 5.5 acres outdoor classroom, on school property, and turning the schoolyard into the home of Sunshine Farm, which houses sheep, goats, chickens, multiple gardens and a greenhouse to serve as resources for instruction, place-based projects, and student research; Named the 2009 National Distinguished Principal