First State School event held to recognize achievement and service

First State School event held to recognize achievement and service

FSS Graduation Choir
First State School girls celebrate another successful academic year in song.
June 1, 2014

The First State School’s June 4 end-of-year celebration focused on celebrating the achievements of students,faculty and others associated with the groundbreaking,in-hospital program for kids who cannot attend mainstream schools because of their medical condition. No graduates were scheduled to matriculate this month.

“The First State School is an outstanding example of The Christiana Care Way,” said Edmondo J. Robinson, M.D., MBA, FACP, Physician-in-Chief, Christiana Care – Wilmington and associate chief medical officer. “It is a caring partner with families and the school system, and an innovative, effective program that our neighbors value.”

Annual awards included:

Highest Academic Achievement Awards

Presented by Kelley N. Brake, MS, Ed.

  • Ja’Nay Laws – Janet P. Kramer, M.D., Award
  • Maura Grier – Tracey Williams Memorial Award

Most improved student awards

Presented by Peggy Strang, M.Ed.

  • Telyka Brooker-Parquet – Nicole Miles Long Memorial Award
  • Madison Kahn – Handlin-Blakely Memorial Award

Nursing Award

Presented by Elizabeth Houser, RN, BSN, Mary Beth Lewis, RN and Marilee Scarpitti, RN, ASN.

  • Dominique Grayson – For the Student Most Committed to Improving Their Medical Health

Jennifer Kane & Vernita Miller Award

Presented by Vincent Miller

  • Javan James – For Courage, Integrity and Friendliness

Memorial Awards

  • Reanna Skinner – The Jesse Benjamin Snook Award for Courage and Kindness
  • Darren Villanueva – The Dominique Emma Smith Award for Courage and Compassion
  • Tyler Mayfield – The Sarah Laine Hagerty Award
  • Ja’Nay Laws – The Etiquette Award
  • In addition, the school’s Creative Arts Yearbook was dedicated to retired chair of Pediatrics, Louis Bartoshesky, M.D., MPH.

The Jane P. Maroney Award for outstanding community service to children and adolescents

Coleen M. O’Connor, MS, NCC, LPCMH, Dr. Robinson and David A. Paul, M.D., Christiana Care Health System chair of Pediatrics, presented the award to Shirley Klein, M.D., director of the Pediatrics Practice at Wilmington Health Center.
Coleen M. O’Connor, MS, NCC, LPCMH, Dr. Robinson and David A. Paul, M.D., Christiana Care Health System chair of Pediatrics, presented the award to Shirley Klein, M.D., director of the Pediatrics Practice at Wilmington Health Center.
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