Champions for Impact Submissions

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All of the Champions for Impact submissions can be found below! If you/your school division are interested in submitting, you can do so via this online submission form:

Click here for the online submission form!

Central Region

Albemarle County Public Schools – Sarah Reyes, teacher at Albemarle High School and 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year

Culpeper County Public Schools – CCPS Firefighter Program

Louisa County Public Schools – The Tournament of Champions

Louisa County Public Schools – Kerry Wynn

Louisa County Public Schools – Mary Robinson & Priscilla Slaughter

Eastern Region

A compilation video from the Spring 2025 Northeastern Regional Meeting. This video includes:

Richmond County – Nate Johnson
Essex County – Jason Smith
Colonial Beach – John Heath
Caroline County – Jim Oliff & Tammy Anderson
Gloucester County – Gianna Lanciani
King George County – The Kindness Crew
King & Queen County – Nurse Shelley
Lancaster County – Sharon Clarke
King William County – Tony Stone
Middlesex County – Kiwanis of Middlesex
Northumberland County – Reedville Fishermen’s Museum

Tidewater Region

Cheasapeak City Public Schools – Dr. Jared Cotton, Superintendent

Newport News City Public Schools – Jordan Moody, Newport News City Public Schools Graduate

Jordan Moody is the 2021 recipient of the Lett Scholarship. Moody was the student representative to the Newport News School Board. He was also Chair of the Superintendent’s Advisory Group on Education and a member of the Mayor’s Youth Commission. At Woodside, Moody participated in many organizations, including the Student Athletic Leadership Team, serving as its president; Athletes in Action, serving as its president; and the Principal’s Advisory Committee. He was a Tri-City Youth Foundation Executive Board member and Scholastic Chair, plus a Newport News Young Adult Police Commission member. He was inducted into the National Honor Society of High Scholars in 2019…and he plays saxophone.

Jordan Moody is a senior at Norfolk State University and a proud Lett Scholar dedicated to shaping the future of education. Committed to becoming a teacher in Newport News Public Schools next year, he aspires to rise through the ranks and one day serve as Superintendent. Passionate and driven, Jordan embodies the spirit and promise of public education.

Blue Ridge Region

Henry County Public Schools – Champ Hardie, School Board Member

Below is what Champ submitted regarding himself a Champion for Impact!

“I consider myself a Featured Champion of Education. Why? I have been associated with Henry County Public Schools for sixty-two years. Twelve years as a student (finishing third academically in my high school class of 1972); forty years as an Agricultural Education Teacher (our FFA Chapter at Drewry Mason Middle School was named the top chapter in the United States in 1997, honored as Virginia State and American Star Farmer award by the Virginia and National FFA Associations, named the middle School of the Year for Henry County in 2005); served six years as a substitute teacher for the Henry County Division (averaging 100 days yearly); four years as a School Board Member for the Ridgeway District (named Local and Regional School Board Member of the Year in 2024, awarded the Award of Distinction in 2024 and will so in 2025. I am very proud of our school system. We always put students first.”