Journal of the Effective Schools Project, Volume 6, 2000 Page: 53
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Instructional Leaders at
Nationally Recognized High
Schools Honored
BY ANN CALAHAN, TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY
The recipients of the 1999 Instructional Leadership Awards
are Joe Ripple, principal, and Sherri Bell, English teacher,
Cleburne High School, Cleburne, Texas.Cleburne High School, Cleburne,
Texas has been recognized as one of
the 96 most effective high schools in
the United States and as one of the
six most effective schools in Texas by
U.S. News and World Reports. It
seems more than appropriate that the
1999 recipients of the Higginbotham's
"Do It Best" Instructional Leadership
Awards were presented to both the
principal and the head of the English
Department at Cleburne High School.Joe Ripple, principal of Cleburne
High School since 1992," exemplifies
the six R's of education: the three most
familiar to everyone and the otherthree most desired by teachers, stu-
dents, and parents - reverence, respect,
and responsibility," states one teacher.
Another of his faculty writes that "Mr.
Ripple's 'can do' attitude and unlim-
ited vision pervade his unrelenting,
resourceful searches for ways to en-
sure every student's success in our
school, always mindful of our mission
statement that touts a heritage of suc-
cess." In Joe's own words, "I wake
up each and every day and truly re-
affirm my belief that as educators, we
can make the difference in the future
of our students' lives. "
Joe, congratulations, and thanks for
making a difference.
Sherri Bell, English teacher, at
Cleburne High School for 25 years,
prominently displays on her class-
room door a statement made by Ralph
Waldo Emerson, "Nothing great was
ever achieved without enthusiasm."
Enthusiasm clearly describes Sherri
Bell. In addition to her duties as de-
partment chair of English at Cleburne
High School and summer site coordi-
nator for New Jersey Writing Project
in Texas, last summer Sherri spent one
week conducting Advanced Place-"I wake up each and
every day and truly
re-affirm my belief
that as educators,
we can make the
difference in the future
of our students' lives."
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