DAYTONA BEACH, FL – Principal, Martin T. Reid and Kristina Beard were honored at the 2013 Florida Art Educators Association Conference in Daytona Beach, Florida. Both work at Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts; a six-12 Magnet School for the visual, performing and expressive arts. Reid received the Principal of the Year Award for his dedication and support of the arts. He is very involved with all of the arts programs at his school. He helps critique artwork, jury dance, drama, and music performances, and sometimes even walks with his marching band students in parades. Beard received the Middle School Art Teacher of the Year Award. She is a national board arts teacher that loves what she does and believes in her students and school. Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts is an “A” school and both Reid and Beard tribute the school grade to the hard work of their teachers and the integration of the arts into the curriculum..
