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Welcome our New Assistant Principal, Farris Thomas
I am pleased to announce that Mrs. Farris Thomas has been appointed the new Assistant Principal for Chesterbrook Elementary. She will officially begin in her AP role on October 21st. I wanted to take this opportunity to share a little more about her background in education as we welcome her to our Chesterbrook family.
Originally from New Jersey, Mrs. Thomas attended James Madison University and began her career in education with Fairfax County Public Schools in 2004. Her career in education began at McLean High School where she was an English teacher and the English department chair. From there she became the instructional coach and testing coordinator at Carson Middle School, where she developed an extensive background in instructional coaching to assist teachers in development of Project Based Learning (PBL) units as well as incorporating Portrait of a Graduate skills. Mrs. Thomas has been trained by the Buck Institute in California for PBL integration in instruction and developed the curriculum and taught the FCPS Academy course for PBL. As an academy instructor, she worked with elementary, middle and high school educators to support PBL integration across FCPS. It was at Rachel Carson that Mrs. Thomas began her role in administration serving as the administrator for English and the World Languages department. Most recently, she has served the Washington Irving school community for the past five years as the Assistant Principal where she supervised the special education department and English department. Mrs. Thomas’ strong work creating positive behavior intervention supports for students and supporting the needs of the special education community earned her recognition as a finalist for the 2019 Outstanding Administrator of the year from Fairfax County Special Education PTA (SEPTA).
Mrs. Thomas also wears the hat of a proud mom to three beautiful young daughters, Macie, Evie and Josie.
With Mrs. Thomas’ strong instructional leadership and passion for working with students in a proactive and positive manner, I’m confident she will be an incredible asset to our Chesterbrook staff. I look forward to working alongside Mrs. Thomas to support the needs of our Chesterbrook staff, students and families.
Sincerely,
Stacy Kirkpatrick, Principal
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