Outstanding Teacher Award Goes to George Mason High Teacher

Joel Block, a math and finance teacher at George Mason High School, is this year’s Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award from Falls Church City Public Schools.

According to the FCCPS website, Block has 19 years on the job as a teacher. Block is one of eight FCCPS teachers nominated for the award that he will receive in May at an event hosted by the Washington Post, according to the school system website.

Block also will be honored at a school board reception May 15.

“Joel Block is a teacher our students will always remember and appreciate,” FCCPS Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones said on the school system’s website. “We are so happy to celebrate this award with him. Joel is a consummate professional; a leader in the classroom, the school and the community.”

According to the school system’s website, the award is presented to one teacher from each of the 19 metro area public school divisions and one private school. It’s named after Agnes Meyer, a supporter and defender of education and the wife of Eugene Meyer, who purchased the Washington Post in 1933.