Expos & Awards



Horn Walter Burley AwardsOhio PBIS ShowcasePurple Star Award

Horn Walter Burley Awards

Ohio public schools, community schools, career centers, and county boards of developmental disabilities are encouraged to recognize the accomplishments of Ohio educators and students with disabilities by nominating them for these annual achievement awards.

    • The R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes the accomplishments of one exemplary special education student from each of Ohio’s 16 State Support Team regions.
    • Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award is presented to one educator or team from each of Ohio’s 16 State Support Team regions for extraordinary contributions to the education of students with disabilities.
    • In addition, the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities Executive Committee will select an Ohio parent to receive the Margaret M. Burley Award.

The annual Horn Walter Burley Awards are sponsored by the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities (OCECD) with assistance from Ohio’s State Support Teams.

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About R.A. Horn

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About R.A. Horn

Acknowledged as a national leader in the field of special education, the late Dr. Raymond A. Horn devoted more than 60 years of service to improving the quality of life and learning for students with disabilities. Dr. Horn was the Assistant Superintendent of Public Instruction Emeritus, who left a legacy and a challenge to all educators to ensure that every student with a disability be given the respect and the opportunities to which they are entitled.

About Franklin B. Walter

Photo of Franklin B. WalterAbout Franklin B. Walter

The late Dr. Franklin B. Walter was Superintendent of Public Instruction from 1977 until 1991, a post held longer than any other state superintendent in Ohio’s history. With over 50 years of service as a teacher and administrator, Dr. Walter’s leadership is evident in many of Ohio’s quality educational initiatives and programs. Among these is the development of the nation’s first statewide plan for children with disabilities. This is the 31st year that the Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award has been given.

About Margaret M. Burley

           About Margaret M. Burley

Currently the Executive Director Emeritus, Margaret M. Burley served as Executive Director of the Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities Executive Committee for 39 years. Margaret expanded the organization from five parent and professional organizations to an over $2.5 million budget, obtained and sustained grant funding from the Ohio Department of Education and U. S. Department of Education, directed public policy and research, and is nationally recognized for her commitment and outstanding work.

Walter Horn Burley Award Winners

2023 Walter Horn Burley Awards

2023 R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award

 

2023 Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award

2022 Horn Walter Awards

R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Winner Amelia Altman Liberty Benton HS
Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award Lindsay Bates Greenwood Elementary – Washington Local Schools

2021 Horn Walter Awards

R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Winner James Patrick Springfield HS and Penta Career Center
Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award Emily Nixon Springfield HS

2020 Horn Walter Awards

The 2020 Horn Walter Burley Outstanding Achievement Awards were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 Horn Walter Awards

R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Winner Dakota Gillet Four County Career Center
Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award Pamela Burrow Fostoria City Schools

2018 Horn Walter Awards

R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Luis Alberto Fernandez Woodward High School
Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award Amanda Berger Penta Career Center

2017 Horn Walter Awards

Award Winners

R.A. Horn Outstanding Achievement Award Rachelle Wyse Four County Career Center
Franklin B. Walter Outstanding Educator Award Tracy Gunderman Paulding Exempted Village Schools

Ohio Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Showcase

Each year, the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio PBIS Network host a Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports (PBIS) Showcase to recognize Ohio’s schools implementing PBIS with high fidelity.

This event brings together hundreds of Ohio principals, teachers, counselors and others to network and share best practices around PBIS implementation to ensure safe and supportive school environments.

The following Region 1 schools will be honored at the Virtual PBIS/OLAC Showcase on January 31, 2024.

Gold Recognition

Rossford Elementary School Rossford Exempted Village Schools

Silver Recognition

Crestview Elementary School Crestview Local Schools
Horizon Science Academy Springfield
Horizon Science Academy Toledo

Bronze Recognition

Bowling Green Middle School Bowling Green City Schools
Crestview Early Childhood Center Crestview Local Schools
Fort Miami Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Maumee High School Maumee City Schools
Fairfield Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Wayne Trail Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Fort Meigs Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Frank Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Woodland Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Hull Prairie Intermediate Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Junior High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Preschool – Union Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Rossford Junior High School Rossford Exempted Village Schools
Rossford High School Rossford Exempted Village Schools
Dorr Elementary School Springfield Local Schools
Hill View Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
District Recognition Award
Rossford Exempted Village
Maumee City Schools

2022 PBIS Awards

The following Region 1 schools were honored at the Virtual PBIS/OLAC Showcase on December 6, 2022

Silver Recognition

Horizon Science Academy Springfield

Bronze Recognition

Perrysburg High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Junior High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Hull Prairie Intermediate Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Toth Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Fort Meigs Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Robert Frank Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Woodland Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Preschool Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Horizon Science Academy Toledo
Fort Miami Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Wayne Trail Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Fairfield Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Maumee High School Maumee City Schools
Gateway Middle School Maumee City Schools
Crim Elementary School Bowling Green City Schools
Conneaut Elementary School Bowling Green City Schools
Kenwood Elementary School Bowling Green City Schools
Dorr Elementary School Springfield Local Schools
Hill View Elementary School Sylvania Schools
Arcadia Middle School Arcadia Local Schools

District Recognition

Maumee City Schools

2021 PBIS Awards

The following Region 1 schools were honored at the Virtual PBIS/OLAC Showcase on December 9, 2021:

Silver Recognition
Horizon Science Academy, Springfield
Dorr Elementary School Springfield Local Schools
Bronze Recognition
Crissey Elementary School Springfield Local Schools
Fairfield Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Fort Meigs Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Frank Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Horizon Science Academy, Toledo
Hull Prairie Intermediate School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Junior High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Preschool Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Toth Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Wayne Trail Elementary School Maumee City Schools
Woodland Elementary School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools

2020 Network Showcase

Silver Recognition
Dorr Elementary Springfield Local Schools
Horizon Science Springfield
Robinson Achievement Toledo Public Schools
Bronze Recognition
Bryan Elementary Bryan City Schools
Crissey Elementary Springfield Local Schools
Fairfield Elementary Maumee City Schools
Fort Meigs Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Frank Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Horizon Science Academy Toledo
Hull Prairie Intermediate Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Old Orchard Elementary Toledo Public Schools
Perrysburg High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Junior High Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Toth Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Woodland Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools

2019 Network Showcase

Silver Recognition

Horizon Science Academy Springfield Local Schools
Robinson Achievement Toledo Public Schools

Bronze Recognition

Bryan Elementary School Bryan City Schools
Perrysburg High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Middle School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Hull Prairie Intermediate Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Frank Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Fort Meigs Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Toth Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Woodland Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Old Orchard Elementary Toledo Public Schools

2018 Network Showcase

Silver Recognition

Bataan Memorial Elementary Port Clinton City Schools
Robinson Achievement Toledo Public Schools

Bronze Recognition

R.C. Waters Elementary Benton-Carrol-Salem Schools
Horizon Science Academy Springfield Local Schools
Frank Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Toth Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Woodland Elementary Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Dorr Elementary School Springfield Local Schools

2017 Network Showcase

Gold Recognition

Alternate Learning Center Educational Service Center of Lake Erie West

Bronze Recognition

Clyde Elementary Clyde-Green Springs Village Schools
McPherson Middle School Clyde-Green Springs Village Schools
Pickett Academy Toledo Public Schools
R.C. Waters Elementary Bent0n-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
Robinson Achievement Toledo Public Schools
Van Buren Elementary Van Buren Local Schools
Whittier Elementary Toledo Public Schools

Purple Star Awards

Purple Star Awards

Purple Star Award LogoThe Purple Star Award honors schools that show a major commitment to serving students and families connected to our nation’s armed forces. The Purple Star Advisory Board, formed by the Ohio departments of Education, Higher Education, Veterans Services and Adjutant General, helps decide eligibility. Forty Six Northwest Ohio Schools received the esteemed award.

A Purple Star school will receive the designation for three years.


The application window for the 2024 class of Purple Star designees will open on November 1, 2023 with registration deadline of December 15, 2023.

Learn more and apply

Class of 2023 Region 1 Purple Star Award Honorees


Monclova Primary School Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Whitehouse Primary School Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Anthony Wayne Junior High School Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Waterville Primary School Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Anthony Wayne High School Anthony Wayne Local Schools
Oak Harbor High School – New Benton-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
Oak Harbor Middle School Benton-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
R.C. Waters Elementary School Benton-Carroll-Salem Local Schools
Bryan Elementary School Bryan City Schools
Bryan Middle/High School Bryan City Schools
Crestview High School Crestview Local Schools
Eastwood High School Eastwood Local Schools
Four County Career Center Four County Career Center
Liberty Benton High School Liberty Benton Local Schools
Liberty Benton Middle School – New Liberty Benton Local Schools
Liberty Benton Elementary School – New Liberty Benton Local Schools
Maumee High School Maumee City Schools
Miller City Elementary School Miller City New Cleveland Local Schools
Ohio Virtual Academy – Maumee Ohio Virtual Academy
Clay High School Oregon City Schools
Otsego High School Otsego Local Schools
Penta Career Center Penta Career Center
Hull Prairie Intermediate School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg Junior High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Perrysburg High School Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
 Fort Meigs Elementary School – New Perrysburg Exempted Village Schools
Pike-Delta-York High School Pike-Delta-York Local Schools
Delta Elementary School Pike-Delta-York Local Schools
Rossford High School Rossford Exempted Village Schools
Rossford Elementary School Rossford Exempted Village Schools
Springfield High School Springfield Local Schools
Swanton Middle School Swanton Local Schools
Sylvania Northview High School Sylvania City Schools
Arbor Hills Junior High School Sylvania City Schools
Timberstone Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
McCord Junior High School Sylvania City Schools
Maplewood Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Sylvania Southview High School Sylvania City Schools
Sylvan Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Highland Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Stranahan Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Central Trail Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Whiteford Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Hillview Elementary School Sylvania City Schools
Bowsher High School Toledo City Schools
Wauseon High School Wauseon Exempted Village Schools