Anadarko Daily News

THE

The Anadarko Daily News

y,

Dec
10
2016
Page
001
Clip
resized
39%

RECEIVING THE 2017 Principal of the Year award for Epic Charter
Schools, is (left) Pam Beck of Chickasha. She was presented the award
by Epic Superintendent David Chaney. A former Anadarko resident,
Beck graduated from Cyril High School in 1979.

Former countyan is honored

with Principal of Year award
CHICKASHA Pam Beck of
Chickasha was honored recently
with a 2017 Principal of the Year
award from Epic Charter Schools. ,
M. Ed. Principal of the Year 2017
for Epic Charter Schools
Epic is a free PreK-12 public
school provided in sponsorship by
the Statewide Virtual Charter
School Board for parents or students seeking a non-traditional educational setting. The school
utilizes internet-based, individualized self-paced instruction provided
in nearly any location.
Beck, the daughter of Charles
and Marilyn Hudson and the late
Jimmy Mahorney, attended Sunset
Elementary School in Anadarko,
Anadarko Junior High, and graduated from Cyril High School in
1979. She has three children, Jeremy, Jeffrey and Lori, and two
grandchildren, Jordan and Carson.
Beck is the sister of Terry Mahorney, owner of Central Appliance in
Anadarko.
After moving to Enid in 1986,
Beck attended Phillips University,
where she graduated magna cum
laude with a bachelors degree in
1991. She taught school in Garfield
County until 2008, when she
moved to Stillwater to pursue a
masters degree. While teaching
school, Beck was named Teacher of

Weather

ders a review
eason hacking
a
l
l
s
.
e
o
e
e
e
t

Donald Trump's bid. Trump has

downplayed the possibility that Russia was involved.
Schultz said the president sought
the probe as a way of improving
U.S. defense against cyberattacks
and was not intending to question
the legitimacy of Trump's victory.
"This is not an effort to challenge
the outcome of the election,"
Schultz said.
Obama's move comes as Democratic lawmakers have been pushing
Obama to declassify more information about Russia's role, fearing that
Trump, who has promised a warmer
relationship with Moscow, may not
prioritize the issue.
Given Trump's statements, "there
i
dd d
h
df

the Year at Waukomis Public

Schools in 1993.
She earned a masters degree in
2009 from Oklahoma State University with a 3.9 grade point average.
She then earned a second masters
degree in Educational Leadership
from the University of Central
Oklahoma in 2012 with a 3.9 GPA.
Certified as a principal in 2012,
Beck began her first principal position at Epic Charter Schools in
2013 over their three virtual
schools. By 2014, she was principal
of virtual schools as well as the
Western region of Oklahoma.
In 2015-2016, Epic focused their
region to the southwest part of
Oklahoma. In January 2016, I was
promoted to the Oklahoma City
principal position, supervising 30
teachers. For the 2016-2017 school
year, Beck has 25 teachers who live
and work with students all over the
state.
When asked why she wanted to
work at Epic Charter Schools, Beck
replied, I saw it as an opportunity
to join an upward bound organization on the cutting edge of a new
educational model the blended
model of face-to-face teaching
and online learning. I find being a
principal at Epic rewarding because
I genuinely love helping people,
and I believe our leaderships vision for our school is compatible
with my personal vision. Seeing a
teacher lead a student to success is
the greatest reward we see.
Beck added that she believed
there were many myths about online learning that she hopes to dispel, including that online students
learn less and have inferior learning
opportunities.
Our students work very hard to
earn their diplomas and many are
concurrently enrolled in colleges
and career techs, she said. Our
state certified teachers work faceto-face with students to provide
them a truly customized education
and it is a top education that we
provide.
Epic Superintendent David
Chaney said Beck was valuable to
the schools leadership team and effective at providing teachers the
support and mentoring they need to

Property of OPS News Tracker and members of the Oklahoma Press Association.