Looking Toward the Hall of Fame.

Looking Toward the Hall of Fame. Principal Michael Pladus says he's going to create a"Teachers Hall of Fame" at Interboro High School Interboro High School is a high school located in Prospect Park, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in Delaware County.As the sole high school in the Interboro School District, students from surrounding communities Glenolden, Norwood, Prospect Park itself, and the two in ProspectPark, Pa. That's how he plans to spend the $10,000 that came withhis new title--1999 Principal of the Year. At the National Association of Secondary School Principals'annual convention in New Orleans New Orleans(ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded last month, Pladus accepted theMetLife/NASSP award and dedicated it to the teachers at his school,saying he wants to create a place at Interboro where all teachers can berecognized. He also plans to fund a multicultural fair, among otherinitiatives. Pladus was among 53 school principals vying vy��ing?v.Present participle of vie.vyingvie for the national title(representing each state, New York City New York City:see New York, city. New York CityCity (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Washington, D.C., and DefenseDepartment dependents' schools). NASSP NASSP National Association of Secondary School PrincipalsNASSP North American Society of Social Philosophy Executive Director ThomasKoerner says Pladus distinguished himself through his inspiring effortto create a forum for discussing education issues. Pladus says heorganized these forums at Interboro to fight an "ongoingbattle" with the media, which wasn't portraying "a fairand accurate or even comprehensive picture of what public schools areall about." Pladus also joined the community advisory board for thelocal newspaper, which let him present education issues directly to thenewspaper staff. He's been able to establish a rapport The former name of device management software from Wyse Technology, San Jose, CA (www.wyse.com) that is designed to centrally control up to 100,000+ devices, including Wyse thin clients (see Winterm), Palm, PocketPC and other mobile devices. withreporters and has even gotten his own quarterly column. For more information about the MetLife/NASSP awards program, visitwww.nassp.org.