
Elevating Student and Family Voices
The Program
Through the Honored Schools online platform, students (and parents on behalf of younger students) within each participating school community are encouraged to recognize teachers by telling a story of how the teacher made a difference in their life. Every teacher who is recognized will receive their student’s story and will be publicly recognized at their school and on the Honored Schools website. Also, each recognition story serves as a nomination for the annual Honored Schools Life-Changing Teacher Award.
Our Schools
For the 2020-2021 school year, Honored Schools partnered with eight schools in Washington, DC:

ALICE DEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

COLUMBIA HEIGHTS EDUCATION CAMPUS
District of Columbia
Public Schools

KETCHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

MARIE REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

POWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

RANDLE HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District of Columbia
Public Schools

WHITTIER EDUCATION CAMPUS
District of Columbia
Public Schools
- In June 2021, Honored Schools will name the Life-Changing Teacher Award recipient from these select schools.
The Award
At the end of each school year, one teacher from each of the five Honored Schools regions of the U.S. will receive the prestigious Honored Schools Life-Changing Teacher Award, which includes $5,000 and national recognition. Award recipients will be selected from each region’s pool of submissions by Honored’s national panel of teachers and students, in consultation with Honored Schools principals. The selection criteria focuses on the important impact — personal, academic, and/or inspirational — the teacher has made on their students’ lives.

Brooklyn
Batey
Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships
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