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Friday, January 18, 2013

Principal Celebrates Retirement with Washington Mill Community

Dr. Tish Howard and the WMES community celebrated her retirement Thursday night.

Washington Mill Elementary parents, students, faculty and alumni crowded the school gym Thursday night to bid farewell to beloved principal Dr. Tish Howard. Dr. Howard served as principal at Washington Mill Elementary School for 12 years. She has started her own educational consulting firm in conjunction with University of Virginia a little more than a year ago to help educators close the achievement gap and meet the individual needs of students. “It’s going to be less contact with children, but a continuation of the impact on adults who are going to be impacting children,” Howard said. “It’s called need by name – how do you diagnostically use data to figure out where a child is, and tailor education to meet those needs? It’s very …

Friday, January 11, 2013

Washington Mill Elementary Principal Announces Retirement

Dr. Tish Howard will retire at the end of January.

Washington Mill Elementary School principal Dr. Tish Howard will be retiring at the end of January. Dr. Howard earned her bachelor's and master’s degrees in speech and language pathology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and received her PhD in education leadership and counseling from George Mason University. She has served as principal at WMES for more than a decade. The school will host a reception in her honor at 6:30 p.m. on January 17 at Washington Mill Elementary School.  Parents, alumni, and community members are welcome.

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