Howard B. Stroud Community Service Award
Mr. Howard B. Stroud began his career in the Clarke County School District as a teacher
at Athens High and Industrial School in 1956. He served as a teacher, assistant
principal, and principal at Lyons Junior High from 1963 to 1977, when he moved to the
school district’s central office as middle school and high school coordinator. Mr. Stroud
worked in a variety of roles at the central office, including acting superintendent and
associate superintendent. Mr. Stroud held a bachelor's degree in psychology and
education from Morehouse, received a master's in administration from Atlanta
University, and did post-graduate study at the University of Georgia, Agnes Scott
College, and Appalachian State University. He was named Teacher of the Year in 1960
and Morehouse College Alumnus of the Year in 1987. Fourth Street Elementary School
was renamed for Mr. Stroud in 2007.
Past Winners of the Howard B. Stroud Community Service Award:
2015:
2014:
2013:
2012:
2011:
2010:
2009:
2008:
Matt Hicks, Cedar Shoals HS
Audrey Hughes, Hilsman MS
Kelli Bivins, Coile MS
Lenore Katz, Clarke Central HS
Lauren Cunningham, Stroud ES
Vance Sims, Gaines ES
Julie Evans, system-wide (adaptive physical education)
Terry Reid, Clarke Central HS
2007: Sam Hicks, Clarke Central HS
2006: Mary Kelly, Alps Rd. ES
2005: Javier Zapata, Programs for Young Children
2004: Kathleen Smith, system-wide (adaptive physical education)
2003: Rosa Ghosheh, Fourth St. ES
2002: Ernest Hardaway, system-wide (deputy superintendent)
2001: Shirley Sims, Burney-Harris-Lyons MS
2000: Wanda Keenum, system-wide
1999: Susan Pittard, Fourth St. ES
1998: Elaine Dickens, Whit Davis ES
1997: Virginia Anderson, Alps Rd. ES
1996: Martin Queen, system-wide
1995: Don McCormick, system-wide
1994: Henrietta Jackson, Fourth St. ES
1993: Pat Price, Fourth St. ES
1992: Jim McGown, Barrow ES
1991: Barbara Mathis, Burney-Harris-Lyons MS
1990: Elena Brown, Winterville ES
1989: Doris Hampton, Barnett Shoals ES
1988: Jeff Foster, Alps Rd. ES
1987: Howard B. Stroud, system-wide