By Dylan Reubenking
dylan@yelmonline.com
Yelm Community Schools honored its top students, teachers and employees, as well as its retirees during its annual district awards ceremony at Yelm High School on Thursday, June 6.
The following honors were distributed:
Friend of the Schools Award — Anthony Sparkuhl
Graduate Yelm! Partner of the Year — Bliss Experience
School Bell Award — Michael Young
Classified Employees of the Year — Jimmie Evans, OSS office professional; Silbia Saldana, Fort Stevens office professional; Tania Stair, Fort Stevens paraeducator
Elementary Teacher of the Year — Sara Powell, Lackamas Elementary
Secondary Teacher of the Year — Bailey Whalen, Yelm High School
Retirements — Rick Amidon, Kay Armenta, Debbie Bartram, Susan Bawn, Kay Caldwell, Cynthia Freshour-Johnson, Tawnya Gay, Dawna Hansen-Murray, Jeri Lipe, Regina Phillabaum, Deanna Serna-Harrison, Pam Singleton, Renee’ Zahn
20 Years of Service — Kris Amundsen, Guadalupe Bowers, Kimberly Brazil, Gayla Francisco, Lorretta Harder, Bill Hauss, Jessica Hicks, Debbie Stillwell, Nora Sutherland, Dennis Thornton
25 Years of Service — Lisa Cadero-Smith, Jacqueline Cannon, Suzanne Erb, Susan McLaughlin, Tabatha Nevy, Debra Pridemore, Sandra Ricker, Brenda Silvius
30 Years of Service — Joyce Hummel, Bryan Wooldridge
35 Years of Service — Theresa Champion, Jannalee Reed, Katherine Roark, Lana Yenne
40 Years of Service — Debbie Edwards
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Each of the 10 schools in the district awarded Principal’s Academic Achievement Award certificates to its top 10 students by grade-point average. Fifth graders made up the top 10 for the elementary schools.
Yelm High School — Amber Acosta, Riley Bateman, Chloe Baublits, Elissa Dewees, Andrew Geszvain, Aric Gyekis, Momoka Larson, Kiana Neir, Rio Slevin, Hewitt Smith
Yelm Extension School — Isabella Dahlstrom, Ambria Locke, Giavonna McCrobie, Noah Mejia, Makayla Pinnell
Ridgeline Middle School — Henry Aranyos, Abigail Brown, Aryana Forouhar, Kayla Geszvain, Zarina Kamal, Anzu Larson, Mackenzie Mendell, Benjamin Smith, Samuel Stanfield, Andrew Zamora
Yelm Middle School — Kinley Cook, Kennedy Donohoe, Madison Duke, Axel Hodge, Carole Kirsten, Isabella Little, Tristan Murphy, Kricket Nash, Shaun Stewart, Noah Westfall
Fort Stevens Elementary School — Jaylen Bangura, Ambrielle Diarte, James Duncan, James Interiano, Aiden Johnson, Autumn Moreno, River Morgan, Peyton O’Brien, Zivon Pribula, Brayden Vazquez
Lackamas Elementary School — Archer Brieschke, River Hunt, Kiara Kendzie, Nicolas La Duke, Ava Lawrence, Paisley Massaro, Westin Morris, Alexander Peralta, River Spires, Elise Villacian
McKenna Elementary School — Jesus Aparicio, Constance Aukland-Hall, Zuri Cooper, Rebecca Culver, Triston DeTray, Addison Guild, Pruitt Holte-Thomas, Kylor Krouse, Jaxson Kunde, Ian Philips
Mill Pond Elementary School — Avery Acosta, Spencer Cole, Hunter Galvan, Elizabeth Geszvain, Roman Larson, Cash Leonard, Cayden Marino, Anthony Molina, Allyson Scheffler, Lukas Skelton
Prairie Elementary School — Gabrielle Cone, Hailey Declercque, Addison Flowers, Gavin Jones, Rowan Larsen, Ellisyn Marrotte, Kaleb Mumma, Hallie Shepherd, Marshall Smith, Mariah Woods
Southworth Elementary School — Carsten Anderson, Wesley Burnett, Lilah Castro, Kea Makai Clark, Daniel Cornwall, Keegan Erickson, Kasen King, Isaiah Perry, Bailey Polley, Ryder Roth-Nelson