Mrs. Budd wins PHM Impact Award

Students took ILEARN in the Spring. The students’ results are more than just a reflection on how well they know and retained what they learned in a particular subject area. Teachers work very hard to help their students review and retain the knowledge, and when necessary interventionist educators use RtI (Response to Intervention) tools.

The Fall 2024 P-H-M Teacher Impact Awards are given to educators who had the most significant individual student growth with Spring 2024 ILEARN (grades 3-8 and high school Biology), AP Testing at Penn, and highest RtI growth. 

Seven awards were given out between Thursday, December 12th and Wednesday, December 18th. Click here to see the full list.

Resource teacher Sarah Budd received her Impact Award on Dec. 18th when Principal Gary Gardner called Mrs. Budd to the media center. To her surprise, she walked in to find P-H-M Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker and others there to surprise her. Mrs. Budd won an Impact Award because her students have shown consistent strong growth across a variety of measures in early literacy. When viewed across her caseload of students, Mrs. Budd’s students experienced the highest growth among P-H-M’s 11 elementary schools, and were well above average for similar populations across the state. Click to see the full photo gallery below.

With the help of the building principals, Dr. Thacker surprised the teachers with the Impact Awards. He was accompanied by other members of P-H-M Administration Dr. Heather Short, Asst. Superintendent; Director of Professional Development Dr. Lavon Dean-Null; and Ryan Towner, Director of Literacy. P-H-M Education Foundation Executive Director Jennifer Turnblom was also on hand; PHMEF covered the cost for the beautiful awards which teachers can proudly display in their classrooms.

While all P-H-M teachers make an impact with their students, dedicated to helping them achieve personal academic success, the Impact Award shines the spotlight on educators who have helped their students achieve individual academic growth on their formative assessments over time. The first-ever Impact Awards were handed out in September 2023 and recognized the teachers with the most significant overall student growth during the 2022-2023 school year.