RPES Staff Person the Year Award 2023 – 2024

Award Overview

The RPES Staff Person of the Year honors an exceptionally dedicated and skilled RPES educator or staff member who goes above and beyond the call of duty, is supportive of the learning environment, and develops relationships with students, educators, and staff.

Award Details 

Nominations for the RPES Staff Person of the Year are now being accepted. The deadline for submission is 11:59 PM, March 22, 2024. 

Nomination Process 

Requirements - Nominations may be submitted by an RPES student; a staff member, a parent/guardian, or an RPES community member. To be nominated, a minimum of one years’ experience at RPES is also required.

Winner Selection and Announcement

A panel that includes Amy Haddad, PTA President, Chiara Jaffe, MCPS Staff Person of the Year Nomination Chair, an RPES student, and a parent or member of the larger RPES community will review all applications together. The award recipient will then be announced at the Ice Cream Social in early June where they will receive a plaque and will also be assigned their own parking space for the 2024-2025 school year.

CONGRATULATIONS to the rpes 2022-2023 staff member of the year

Mrs. Deutsch
2nd Grade Teacher

The staff person of the year award goes to an exceptionally dedicated and skilled RPES educator or staff member who goes above and beyond the call of duty to support student learning and develop relationships with students, educators, and staff.  Mrs. Deutsch received multiple nominations, submitted by parents, students, and other teachers. 

Nominators expressed that in addition to being a talented educator, Mrs. Deutsch fosters children’s emotional well-being, builds on their strengths, and gives them a voice.  She is genuine, humble, kind, and does not show favoritism.  During the difficult year of online schooling, Mrs. Deutsch visited students' homes and read with them.  Students come back year after year to visit and thank her for her personalized hands-on approach.

As a coworker, she is the first to lend a helping hand to a staff member who needs it. If there is a progressive strategy that is new and it looks and sounds good, she tries it out and reports to others how it worked.  Mrs. Deutsch is loved and respected by students, parents, and fellow teachers.  She has been a gift to RPES.