{"id":152566,"date":"2026-03-30T19:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152566\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:00:07","slug":"these-local-educators-have-been-named-penguins-mvps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/152566\/","title":{"rendered":"These local educators have been named Penguins MVPs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, <a href=\"https:\/\/grable.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Grable Foundation<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiu3.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Allegheny Intermediate Unit<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pittsburghpenguinsfoundation.org\/education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation<\/a> join together to honor outstanding MVPs: Most Valuable Principals. These educators, working throughout Allegheny County, are celebrated for their innovative approaches and their hard work on behalf of the kids in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, the 15 principals on this year\u2019s roster of MVPs were honored at a Pens game. They each received a Pens prize pack and customized jersey, and were given a $1,000 donation to their school for a project of their choosing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MVP-Logo-Image-300x213-1.webp.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-204386\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MVP-Logo-Image-300x213-1.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meet the 2026 honorees:<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Samantha Abate, Deer Lakes School District<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Beckett, Chartiers Valley School District<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bonnie Betler, Brentwood Borough School District<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Brett Bielewicz, Mt. Lebanon School District<\/p>\n<p>David Campos, Allegheny Intermediate Unit<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Keera Dwulit, Avonworth School District<\/p>\n<p>Paula Giran, Pine-Richland School District<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer Hoffner, Gateway School District<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Julie Moore, Moon Area School District<\/p>\n<p>John Saras, Baldwin-Whitehall School District<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Sheridan, North Hills School District<\/p>\n<p>Clay Stone, Steel Valley School District<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Turk, Riverview School District<\/p>\n<p>Jodi VanderSchaaff, Deer Lakes School District<\/p>\n<p>You can find Q&amp;A interviews with each of these educators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aiu3.net\/administrators-and-educators\/professional-growth\/mvps\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">right here<\/a>. In these interviews, they share information about their work as principals, the interesting things happening at their districts and their thoughts on the future of learning.<\/p>\n<p>Kidsburgh congratulates this year\u2019s MVPs and thanks all of the hardworking educators throughout Pittsburgh\u2019s remarkable learning ecosystem for making our region a great place to be a kid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Each year, The Grable Foundation, the Allegheny Intermediate Unit and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation join together to honor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152567,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[69340,73,75,74,69341,59507],"class_list":{"0":"post-152566","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-aiu","9":"tag-pittsburgh","10":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","11":"tag-pittsburgh-news","12":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins-foundation","13":"tag-the-grable-foundation"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152566\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}