- February 3, 2014
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SCOPE Executive Director John McCarthy, 2016 Boundary Crosser recipient Barbara Shirley, SCOPE Board Chairman Tom Tryon and Dan Bailey.
Joe Henson, Sarasota County School Superintendent Lori White and Mary Kay Henson
Joseph Devore and Steve Queior
Maria Orduno, an Alta Vista Elementary School ESOL Paraprofessional, with her daughter Serena.
Michael Page and SCOPE Executive Director John McCarthy
Community Foundation of Sarasota President and CEO Roxie Jerde with Senior Vice President of Community Investment John Annis.
Charlotte Perret and 2014 Boundary Crosser Cathy Layton
Jim and Barbara Shirley
Master of ceremonies and 2009 SCOPE Boundary Crosser Dan Bailey.
SCOPE Executive Director John McCarthy
Alta Vista Elementary School Principal Barbara Shirley accepts the SCOPE 2016 Boundary Crosser award.
Carolyn Johnson welcomes Barbara Shirley to the podium to accept the 2016 Boundary Crosser award.
The SCOPE Boundary Crosser alumni: C.J. Fishman; Sandra Terry; Pam Truitt; Cathy Layton; Dan Bailey;Barbara Shirley; Christine Jennings; Carolyn Johnson.
SCOPE Executive Director John McCarthy explains that the award was personalized for Barbara Shirley to include children reading.
Members of the Alta Vista Elementary staff applaud for Barbara Shirley.
It was a proud moment for Maria Orduno and daughter Serena to see her mentor Alta Vista Elementary School Principal Barbara Shirley awarded the SCOPE 2016 Boundary Crosser Tuesday evening.
“It’s amazing, she’s such a wonderful mentor,” Orduno said. “She makes us all feel like we can do it because I see all of the wonderful things she’s done with the students”
Orduno works as an ESOL paraprofessional at Alta Vista where Shirley has encouraged her to pursue a degree in Elementary Education.
It’s an example of one of the ways Shirley is crossing boundaries to educate the children and parents who attend Alta Vista.
Sarasota County Openly Plans for Excellence or SCOPE awarded Shirley the 2016 Boundary Crosser Tuesday evening in a ceremony at Michael’s On East.
As principal of a Title 1 school Shirley has taken a two-generation approach to education with the Eagle Academy summer program.
Through the free program more than 352 kindergarten through third grade students have attended the free program. Over the course of seven weeks students are immersed in academic and arts enrichment programs in an attempt to prevent summer learning loss.
The Eagle Academy has grown to include a Parent University with classes to improve employment opportunities for Alta Vista Elementary parents.