Best of the Web Awards 2009 Winners

High Schools

• Gaithersburg HS
• John F. Kennedy HS
  
• Winner! Northwood HS
  Carolyn Dixon, primary webmaster
• Walter Johnson HS
• Wheaton HS
  

Middle Schools

• Neelsville MS
• Martin Luther King MS
• Rocky Hill MS
• Takoma Park MS
  
• Winner! White Oak MS
  Brenda Young, primary webmaster

Elementary schools

• Arcola ES
• Bethesda ES
• Fairland ES
• Great Seneca Creek ES
• Winner! Little Bennett ES
  Irene Allaire, primary webmaster

Office/Department

• Winner! Department of Family and
  Community Partnerships
  Ben Lesnick, primary webmaster
• Division of Food and Nutrition Services
• High Incidence Accessible Technology
• Office of Organizational Development

Project

• Baldrige Education Criteria for Performance Excellence
• Winner! Oakland Terrace ES Math Site
  Christopher Love, primary webmaster
• School Environment Survey Results

Student Contribution

• Banneker Clicks
• Churchill HS website
• Einstein Photo Gallery
  
• Winner! Silver Chips (Blair)
  Sophie Schwadron, Kiera Zitelman, online editors-in-chief
  
• The Pitch (WJ)
• Walter Johnson HS Stage

Recognition to Web Builders

• Mike Campbell - IT Systems Specialist, Office of the Chief Technology Officer
  For going above and beyond in his steadfast and expert support of the 30 servers that keep the MCPS web available and secure 24/7/365
• Maria Limarzi - AP Coordinator and Webmaster, Walter Johnson HS
  For her many years of dedication to the development and maintenance of the WJ web site – and for her timely heads up to Web Services
• Stacy Crowl, Corinne Emanual, Michele Gately,
  and Cheri Johnson - Webmasters, Martin Luther King Jr. MS
  For rescuing a web site trapped in Flash, working under an extremely tight deadline to recreate the content from scratch, then doing a superb job maintaining it using Tron
• Anita Hardy - Media Specialist and Webmaster, Takoma Park MS
  For spreading the Tron Web Publishing System to at least four elementary schools (that we know of!) – Bannockburn, Ashburton, Westover, and finally Takoma Park
• Eleni Kretikos - Communications Specialist and QuickNotes Editor, PIO
  For climbing so successfully up the email newsletter technology learning curve, learning about the quirks of black and whitelists, IP addresses, and more
• Fred Evans - President, Board of Directors, MCPS Retirees Association
  For championing the creation of a web site for reaching out and connecting retirees to each other, MCPS, and many good cause

Winners can download a relevant badge for their websites: