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Every year, we gather all of our franchise owners of the\u00a0Celebree\u00a0School network together to learn, connect, and grow at our Grow Big Conference.\u00a0Celebree\u00a0School of Stafford is honored to share that our owner,\u00a0<\/span>Moonhee\u00a0Doan<\/span>, was the winner of this year\u2019s Rookie of the Year Award.\u00a0This award honors owners who\u00a0have kicked off their first year on a strong note and have made\u00a0a huge impact\u00a0on their team and school family.\u00a0Hear from\u00a0<\/span>Moonhee\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0what this award means to them.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Looking back on your first year, what has been the most rewarding part of your journey so far?<\/h2>\n

The most rewarding part of my journey is making a difference. Seeing how full and happy our classrooms are\u2014and hearing the joyful noise throughout the building from both teachers and children\u2014reminds me every day why this work matters.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What helped you build strong relationships with families right from the start?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Honestly, it comes down to consistency\u2014bringing the same energy and care every day, staying engaged, and keeping communication open. When families see that the school is organized and dependable, trust builds naturally.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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What are you most excited about as you continue to grow your school?<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m\u00a0most excited about continuing to build a true community\u2014where our school becomes an extension of each family\u2019s village. At the same time,\u00a0I\u2019m\u00a0passionate about creating a workplace where our staff can grow, feel supported, and take pride in being part of something meaningful.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Celebree School of Stafford is honored to share that our owner, Moonhee Doan, was nominated for the Grow Small Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":23321,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/05\/moonhee-doan-award-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/05\/moonhee-doan-award-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Julia Weinberg","author_link":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/author\/jweinberg\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23309"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23348,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23309\/revisions\/23348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.celebree.com\/stafford-va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}