Women's Leadership Council Recognizes Mineral Springs Middle Teacher and East Forsyth Middle Student




Stacie Pelsinger

 


A student at East Forsyth Middle School and a teacher at Mineral Springs Middle School have been honored by the Women’s Leadership Council of the United Way of Forsyth County.

Stacie Pelsinger, a teacher at Mineral Springs Middle, received the Outstanding Educator Award and Rayquan Curry, a student at East Forsyth Middle, received the Outstanding Youth Award.

The Women’s Leadership Council was established in 2007 to educate, engage, and empower women in our community. The WLC is aligned with United Way and the community’s goal to increase the high school graduation rate to 90% by 2018. Piloted at local middle schools, the programs funded by the Women’s Leadership Council improve student performance. In addition, because of the aligned work of United Way, the Women’s Leadership Council and the community, the high school graduation rate in Forsyth County has increased from 70.8% to 80.9%.

As a result, the WLC has grown to more than 1,000 members and raised more than $2.8 million to meet pressing needs in Forsyth County. At the WLC celebration, awards for outstanding student, teacher, volunteer, and company, along with the second annual Susan Ivey award were presented. The other award winners were:

  

Outstanding Volunteer Award – Priscilla Green, U.S. Airways

Outstanding Corporate Award  – Leonard Ryden Burr Real Estate

Susan Ivey Award – Susie Campbell, Shelco, Inc.

For more information, visit Women's Leadership Council

Rayquan Curry