Shown receiving a $20,000 check from the Alabama Department of Education for Berry Elementary School are from left: Eric Mackey, Alabama State Superintendent; Darrell Thomas, Berry Elementary principal; BES teachers Amber Stephens and Heather Windle; Mary Raines, Fayette County deputy superintendent; Jim Burkhalter, Fayette County superintendent and State Board Member Jeff Newman.
Berry Elementary School received a $20,000 check from the Alabama Department of Education in recognition of its outstanding success in reading achievement during a ceremony in Montgomery on Sept. 13. The state education department honored 50 of the top schools in the state for reading achievement, and each school received a $20,000 check at the ceremony. Berry Elementary School was the only school in Fayette County to receive this special reading recognition.
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