Renton School District recognizes outstanding employees
Published 4:32 pm Thursday, March 28, 2013
Some of the Renton School District’s top staff were recognized this week by the school board, as part of their annual Outstanding Employee Awards.
Nearly 30 district staff members were nominated for demonstrating an extraordinary level of job performance, support for students, professionalism and dedication. Four were selected as winners: Jane Lambert, Kerri Dowd, Gary Sampson, and Sandra Case.
Renton School Board members, family, coworkers and others helped celebrate the staff at this week’s board meeting. Guests delivered personal anecdotes and professional praise for the recipients.The winners were nominated for this year’s awards in four categories: Outstanding Elementary Teacher, Outstanding Secondary Teacher, Outstanding School Support Person and Outstanding District Support Person.
School Board members, last year’s winners and others formed a selection committee to evaluate the nominees based on information presented in applications and accompanying letters of support. A district press release called all of the nominees “impressive, exceptional members of the district family” and called the winners, “consummate professionals, with a high level of skill, competence and character.”
Outstanding Elementary Teacher: Jane Lambert, Fourth-Grade Teacher, Tiffany Park Elementary School
Outstanding Secondary Teacher: Kerri Dowd, Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher, Hazen High School
Outstanding Building Support Person: Gary Sampson, Counselor, Honey Dew Elementary School
Outstanding District Support Person: Sandra Case, Confidential Assistant, Elementary Education Department
NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE AWARDS BY CATEGORY
Outstanding Elementary Teacher: Lucy Cridland, Maplewood Heights Elementary; Jill Johnson, Honey Dew Elementary; Margaret Strong, Hazelwood Elementary
Outstanding Secondary Teacher: Kathryn Edgerton, Secondary Learning Center; Michelle Opiniano, Dimmitt Middle School; Rebecca Ritchie, Nelsen Middle School; Erin Wallace, Nelsen Middle School
Outstanding District Support Person: Sue Budden, Department of Learning & Teaching, Jeremy Kowalski, Information Management Services
Outstanding Building Support Person: Earl Cheatham, Renton High School; Joseph McPherson, Sierra Heights Elementary; Genie Fairhart, Nelsen Middle School; Luis Montes, Highlands Elementary School; Sheri Fultz, Hazen High School; Zakariya Palsha, Campbell Hill Elementary School; Beth Lumsden, Lindbergh High School; Dan Porter, Hazelwood Elementary School
