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Thursday, February 19, 2009
FCPS Mentor Receives Outstanding Mentor Award From Virginia Mentoring Partnership
Fairfax County Police Sergeant Darrell Nichols has been presented with the Outstanding Mentor Award from the Virginia Mentoring Partnership for his work with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students for nearly a decade.
Nichols works with students mainly at Parklawn Elementary School and has been instrumental in recruiting other police officers to mentor FCPS students as well as helping establish mentoring programs at Annandale Terrace, Braddock, and Cherry Run Elementary Schools.
Teachers of students Nichols has mentored say their students have been able to build self-confidence and social skills, and the teachers have seen improved classroom behavior. Staff members have noted that students enjoy seeing Nichols come to their school and praise him for building a bridge between the schools and the local community.
Nichols has spoken on behalf of the FCPS mentor program to the Fairfax County School Board and has spoken to mentoring coordinators at a mentoring conference. He has also contributed to the FCPS Boys Leadership Conference.
Virginia Mentoring Partnership is an independent organization that provides training and technical assistance to mentoring programs around the state. It was developed in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University and MENTOR, the National Mentoring Partnership.
### Note: For more information, contact Shelley Prince at 571-423-1223 or shelley.prince@fcps.edu.
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