Queen of Angels' Principal wins National Award

The National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) holds their annual conference each year. This year’s conference is being held in Cincinnati, Ohio in April. NCEA has a longstanding tradition of honoring and recognizing excellence and distinguished service in Catholic school education. The third annual national Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Awards that recognize the outstanding efforts, contributions, and achievements on behalf of Catholic school education will be presented during a special ceremony at this year’s conference.

It is with great pleasure we announce that our principal, Sister Margaret Rose Adams, IHM has been honored with the NCEA Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Award for Distinguished Principal this year and will receive her award at this year’s NCEA conference!

Making it even more special, Sister was nominated for this award by the faculty of QOA! In nomination submissions, they described all the ways Sister exemplifies the criteria for the award listed below, each and every day! We are so proud of Sister and grateful for all the efforts she puts forth to make QOA the place where students strive and God is alive!

Queen of Angels is the regional Catholic school serving PreK 3-8th grade students residing in the Parishes of St David, Willow Grove, Our Lady Help of Christians, Abington and St. John Bosco, Hatboro. We are located at 401 N. Easton Road, Willow Grove, PA. Please visit our website at www.qoaschool.org.

For more information, please contact Advancement Director, Mrs. Kimberly O’Doherty at 215-309-4028 or kodoherty@qoaschool.org. Please see below for further information about criteria for this award.

Summary of nomination criteria for the Lead. Learn. Proclaim. Award:
Lead
· Realizes and implements the school’s mission and vision
· Works collaboratively toward continuous school improvement
· Actively models service to others within the community
Learn
· Supports rigorous academic program that integrates the faith across subject areas
· Collaborates to achieve continuous improvement of instructional practice
· Creatively engages and motivates others to meet the needs of all students
· Demonstrates commitment to personal improvement through professional development and ongoing faith formation
· Guides students in 21st-century skills, including technology integration
Proclaim
· Embraces Catholic Identity
· Demonstrates Gospel values
· Adheres to school mission
· Contributes to student and/or adult faith formation
· Participates in liturgical and communal prayer and service
· Promotes the school mission and vision thorough meaningful communication, marketing and development