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Watch for upcoming info on our 4th Annual Lee Flaxer Award!

The Lee Flaxer Award is awarded to an individual who makes the difference in the lives of children through dedication and personal involvement. Lee Flaxer was an admired and beloved educator in the Sharon Public Schools for many years.

The Sharon Education Foundation is reviewing nominations for the 2009 Lee Flaxer Award. The award is given in the spirit of Lee Flaxer, who served as principal of Heights Elementary School for many years. She was an outstanding leader who demonstrated that compassion and caring were essential to a positive learning atmosphere. The recipient of this award should be a person who has had an impact on the lives of children through dedication and personal involvement. Past recipients were Roland James (2006), John Brande (2007) and Meg Verret (2008). The Lee Flaxer Award is not limited to teachers. Other individuals, who play important roles in education within the Sharon schools or within the town generally, will be considered. Thank you for taking the time to consider a worthy recipient for this award.

Meg Verret Awarded the Third Annual Lee Flaxer Award on January 27, 2008

The Lee Flaxer Award is awarded to an individual who makes the difference in the lives of children through dedication and personal involvement. Lee Flaxer was an admired and beloved educator in the Sharon Public Schools for many years.

The Sharon Education Foundation is happy to announce that Margaret Verret will be this year’s recipient of the Lee Flaxer Award on January 27th at Four Points Sheraton in Norwood, Massachusetts. The evening will begin at 5:30PM with cocktails, Hors d’oeuvres, silent auction followed by dinner, award presentation ceremony and dessert. Click here for invitation.

“Meg”, as she is known throughout the community, has had a great impact on the children of Sharon through her dedication and personal involvement with nursing care and health education. She began her career as a school nurse, for the Town of Sharon, 24 years ago. At that time, she was the only registered nurse for 3 Sharon elementary schools. She served a population of approximately 1,350 students.

Meg worked with Lee Flaxer at Heights Elementary, for nearly 7 years, until December 1990, when a registered school nurse was hired for each school. She has been at the Cottage Street School for the past 17 years. Within the school setting, she wrote, piloted and taught HIV/AIDS curriculum for grades 3 and 4 in 1994. She has been active professionally, as a longtime member of MSNO/NASN, and has served as treasurer for that organization. She served on the Joint Health and Safety team and helped adopt and implement EPA’s “Tools for Schools” program in 1998 to assess and improve indoor air quality in the Sharon Public Schools. She served on the sexual harassment and substance abuse policy committees, and worked on the safety and crisis intervention procedures manual.

We are thrilled to present Meg Verret with this prestigious award. Her dedication and talent as a nurse at the Sharon Elementary Schools has affected thousands of students. Her hard work and respect for her students is given back to her in kind and many students have claimed that the lessons they learned from her continue long after they leave the Sharon elementary schools. Her influence reaches beyond the nurse’s office in the way she supports her students outside the academic arena by attending and supporting their extracurricular activities.