May River High School Behavior Management Specialist named 2024-25 District Support Staff of the Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 15, 2024

BEAUFORT – May River High School Behavior Management Specialist Jennifer Jones-Brown was named as the Beaufort County School District’s 2024-25 “Support Staff of the Year” at the district’s annual celebratory Support Staff breakfast.

Jones-Brown was selected based on an application consisting of essays describing her role within the district, how she contributes to student achievement, and how she inspires, motivates, challenges others, and encourages excellence.

May River High School Assistant Principal Carrie Carter emphasized Jones-Brown’s essential role at the school as “phenomenal,” going “above and beyond for everybody in a building with nearly 1,750 kids.” Carter explained that the relationship Jones-Brown builds with them is “just out of this world” and that she “can't think of a more deserving person.”

Overwhelmed with emotion after being named District Support Staff of the Year, Jones-Brown expressed her love for the job and the students.

“I love being a Shark at May River. We have the best staff out there, so it makes my job a lot easier and enjoyable to come to work every single day because I just love these people!” said Jones-Brown. “It's all about the kids. It's to see them grow, it's to see them have their wins, their moment in the sun of doing better, trying to be better, and ultimately to graduate- that's the goal and that's what we try to strive for every single day.”

 

Superintendent Dr. Frank Rodriguez celebrates Jennifer Jones-Brown being named District Support Staff of the Year

 

All of the school-level Support Staff of the Year recipients were recognized during the breakfast held at the Port Royal Sound Foundation’s Weezie Educational Pavilion. Support Staff of the Year recipients typically include social workers, school nurses, bookkeepers, office managers, teacher assistants, school secretaries, and technology and data specialists.

 

 

2024-25 Support Staff of the Year

Adult Ed Battery Creek High Beaufort Elementary Beaufort High Beaufort Middle Beaufort-Jasper ACE Bluffton Elementary/ECC Bluffton High Bluffton Middle Broad River Elementary Coosa Elementary District Office H.E. McCracken Middle Hilton Head ECC Hilton Head Island Elementary (IB) Hilton Head Island Creative Arts Hilton Head Island High Hilton Head Island Middle Joseph Shanklin Elementary Lady’s Island Elementary Lady’s Island Middle May River High School M.C. Riley Elementary/ECC Mossy Oaks Elementary Office of Early Childhood Okatie Elementary Port Royal Elementary Pritchardville Elementary Red Cedar Elementary River Ridge Academy Robert Smalls Leadership Academy S. Helena Elementary/ELC Transportation Whale Branch E.C. High Whale Branch El./Davis ECC Whale Branch Middle

Creighton Weir Gabrielle Heath Joanna May Helen Heyward-Smoaks Thomas Orr Vanesa Ruiz Linda Jenkins Keisha Burns Laura Vanhouten Darene Scott Latron Holmes Megan Boyle Desiree Ryan April Blackmon Susan Dolan Amanda Cuata Hernandez Nina Cortese Lewanda Bush Paola Zbinden Shirley Sanders Christina Kim Jennifer Jones-Brown Valerie Elliott Julie Prussia Mary Beth Christensen Karen Sirico Holly Mehrer Joe Rowe Renee Lukasavage Brandi Siatkowski Raquel Cardenas Jaqueline Brown-Fields Keven Leavell J-Gala Albany Jane Lowry Rhonda Williams