{"id":19287,"date":"2013-01-24T15:38:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T20:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=19287"},"modified":"2013-01-24T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T20:38:29","slug":"assist-principal-vying-for-national-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=19287","title":{"rendered":"Assist. Principal Vying For National Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BY IRIS B. HOLTON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentinel City Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Hillsborough County educator recently learned that she is a finalist for a national award. She will compete against 51 others for the coveted title.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Tempress \u201cTee\u201d Solomon<\/strong> is Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Hillsborough High School. She was recently named \u201c2013 Florida Assistant Principal of the Year by the Florida Association of School Administrators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Solomon<\/strong> will compete with 51 other APs for the National Association of Secondary School Principals and Virco National Assistant Principal of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Solomon<\/strong> said she is honored to be the recipient of FASA\u2019s state \u201cAP of the Year Award.\u201d The award is sponsored by NASSP (the National Association of Secondary Principals) and Virco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the various awards I have received throughout the years, this one is dear to my heart because it recognizes the depth of the work I have done with students and teachers over the years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the spring, I will participate in a Forum in Washington, D. C. with 51 other state award winners, visit legislators, and attend a formal banquet. Our pictures will be posted on the Wall of Honor,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>All state winners are eligible for the next level of competition: National AP of the Year. The three finalists will be named in February.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Florida, <strong>Mrs. Solomon<\/strong> has been an educator for more than 20 years. She earned her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Language Arts from the University of South Florida and her Master\u2019s in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mrs. Solomon<\/strong> is the daughter of <strong>James Gavin<\/strong> and the late <strong>Mrs. Edna Gavin.<\/strong> She is the mother of 3 adult children and one grandson.<\/p>\n<p>She is actively involved with several organizations including Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Hillsborough Association of School administrators, the FL Association of Assistant Principals, the National Council of Negro Women (current President), and College Hill Church of God in Christ. She is the recipient of several civic and professional awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY IRIS B. HOLTON Sentinel City Editor A Hillsborough County educator recently learned that she is a finalist for a national award. She will compete against 51 others for the coveted title. Mrs. Tempress \u201cTee\u201d Solomon is Assistant Principal for Student Affairs at Hillsborough High School. She was recently named \u201c2013 Florida Assistant Principal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}