September 19, 2013
(From left): Dr. Karen Garza, Fairfax County superintendent; Tamara Derenak Kaufax, Fairfax County School board member, vice chairman and Lee District representative; Melissa Porfirio, first-grade teacher, Crestwood Elementary and Virginia Region 4 Teacher of the Year; Timothy Kasik, principal, Crestwood Elementary; Dr. Frances Ivey, assistant superintendent, Cluster 5, Fairfax County Public Schools.
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Melissa Porfirio Is Teacher of Year
Crestwood first-grade teacher “humbled” to be singled out for honor.
Melissa Porfirio, 38, of Springfield’s Crestwood neighborhood was named Virginia’s 2014 Region 4 Teacher of the Year by the Virginia Department of Education. The first- and second-grade teacher at Crestwood Elementary since 2005 will be honored on Friday, Oct. 11, at a banquet and awards program in Richmond.
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