The 2016 Steering Committee of the Montgomery County Executive Hispanic Gala (MCEHG) announces that Montgomery County Public Schools Assistant Principal Vilma C. Nájera will be the recipient of the "Educator of the Year" Award to be presented during the gala celebration on September 22, 2016 at The Fillmore Silver Spring.
Ms. Vilma C. Nájera is an Assistant Principal at Springbrook High School and one of the county coordinators for the Minority Scholars Program. Through her work last year at Springbrook, there was an increase in the number of Hispanic males graduating. She also launched the Minority Scholars Program at Springbrook.
The Minority Scholars Program, MSP, is a group of student leaders that focuses on closing the achievement gap at their schools and county wide.