GENTRY -- Teachers and staff from the Gentry School District gathered for a special faculty and staff breakfast on Aug. 11, filling much of the Gentry High and Middle School cafeteria, as the teachers and staff made ready for the new school year which began on Monday.
During the breakfast, Teacher of the Year plaques were presented to Mandy Shelley and Nikki England. Shelley was honored as Teacher of the Year at Gentry Middle School and as Teacher of the Year for the Gentry School District. England was Teacher of the Year in the Primary School.
Though not present, David Shelby (now retired) was the Teacher of the Year at Gentry High School, and Betsy Raiford (who left the district after last school year) was Teacher of the Year for the Intermediate School.
A number of teachers received service pins for their years of service to the school district. Included in the pin presentations were Randy Barrett, district superintendent, and Larry Cozens, Middle School principal, for 40 years of service.
A list of those receiving pins follows:
Kim Acuff, 5, Aide, High School; Tahmara Coones, 5, Speech Pathologist VI-B Consortium; Jim Ennis, 5, Custodian, Primary School; Donna Evans, 5, Cook, Cafeteria; Janis Elaine Folker, 5, Registrar, High School; Damon Hummingbird, 5, Custodian, Transportation; Tonya Leroy, 5, Custodian, High School; Regina Lynne Morris, 5, Secretary, SPED; Patricia Skaggs, 5, Custodian, Primary School; Stephanie Joy White, 5, Science, Middle School; Connor Willett, 5, Technology Technician, Technology Center; Linda Williams, 5, Custodian, Intermediate School; Mary E. Adams, 10, Special Education, Intermediate School; Steven L. Bond, 10, Art, Primary School; Nellia Jean Philpott, 10, Aide, Intermediate School; Christine M. Bunce, 15, Cook, Cafeteria; Angela Dennis, 15, SPED Consortium; Paul Robert Ernest, 15, Coach, High School; Karen Florer, 15, Cook, Cafeteria; Andrea Vanessa Folger, 15, 1st Grade, Primary School; Jennifer Hinterthuer, 15, 5th Grade, Intermediate School; Kathy Hummingbird, 15, Custodian, Middle School; Robert Earl Littrell, 15, Fleet Manager, Transportation; Kristen Joy Smartt, 15, Science, High School; Gale Elizabeth Carreira, 20, Special Education, Middle School; Sandy Duncan, 20, Food Service Director, Cafeteria; Travis Wayne Pipkin, 20, Math, High School; Alisha Dawn Ramsey, 20, English, High School; Andrew F. White, 20, English, High School; Dawn Marie White, 20, Kindergarten, Primary School; Sean Robert Seligman, 25, Health, High School; Linda Belle Shoup, 25, Special Education, Middle School; Joni D. Wilson, 25, Business Teacher and Technology Coordinator, High School; Kaye L. Cripps, 30, SPED Vocational ED and Job Coach, VI-B Consortium; Naomi Ruth Wilson, 30, Title 1, Intermediate School; Trella Yates, 30, Music, Intermediate School; Debra Barnes, 35, Early Childhood Intervention, Primary School; Martha Ann Hawkins, 35, Media Specialist, High School; Randy C. Barrett, 40, Superintendent, Central Office; and Larry Dennis Cozens, 40, Principal Middle School.
General News on 08/19/2015