Each month during the school year, the Pattonville Board of Education honors students, staff and volunteers who have gained recognition outside of the district or who’ve made a special contribution to Pattonville. Learn more about students and staff who were recognized this month.

Pattonville High School

Art exhibition

Two students from Pattonville High School had their artwork selected for display at the St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley high school art exhibition. They are Ellis North and Hanna Todtenhausen. These students were also invited to attend a reception and awards ceremony on Feb. 15 at the Florissant Valley Contemporary Gallery. They were taught by art teacher Beth Kathriner.

Ellis North had artwork selected for the St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley high school art exhibition.

Districtwide

Teacher of the Year

The following educators were named the Teacher of the Year for their school:

• Kelsey Hibbits from early childhood
• Mollie Ahlers from Bridgeway
• Tanner Lynn from Drummond
• Audrey Masek from Parkwood
• Sarah Carter from Rose Acres
• Maria Farmer from Willow Brook
• Lisa Kraemer from Remington
• Edward Stevens from Holman
• Melissa Wetzel from Pattonville Heights
• Kathleen Gengler from the high school

Also nominated for Teacher of the Year were:

• From the Pattonville Early Childhood Center: Christine Kent, Jennifer Scarff, Dyana Schneider and Jennifer Sidy;
• From Bridgeway Elementary School: Andrea Daud, Daniel Derby, Jessica Esquivel, Brandi Fannin, James Gleason, Brittany Lunders, Michelle Petke, Nancy Stevens-Martin, Julie Watson and Miranda Wilkes;
• From Drummond Elementary School: Bonnie Beer, Christine Behlmann, Courtney Cady, Windy Cushman, Sierra Dertinger, Nicole Dye, Carolyn Elliott, Jennifer Farmer, Brittany Garcia, Laura Herrod, Catherine Hicks, Kevin Hughes, Mindy Jackson, Brenda Kelch, Morgan Kiffmeyer, Emily Kramer, DaMara Lashley, Michele Lewis, Shelley McManus, Jami Miller, Luis Miranda, Megan Neff, Anne Niklawski, Ryan Parker, Amy Powell, Melissa Reynolds, Ginger Roberts, Carla Robertson, Samantha Shyken, Mary Sosman, Amanda Starwalt, Jessica Thompson, Taylor Thuet, Jessica Walleman, Kristen Webber, Erin Wentzel, Lindsay Williams and Amber Wilson;
• From Parkwood Elementary School: Jessica Gerst, Nicole Hagedorn, Jarrett Harrison, Christina Livingston, Kelsey Magee, Sarah Mather, Kristen McGreer. Catherine Selleck, Greg Stoltz, Jennifer Ulmer and Regina Wright.
• From Rose Acres Elementary School: Allison Bennett, Grace Burgos, Maritza Caldera, Robin Chang, Amy Christensen, Emily Doherty, Amy Fitch, Dempsey Fogarty, Amy Frost, Sarah Funderburk, Kristin Gosa, Teresa Gunter, Stacia Gwaltney, Carrie Heine, Nicole Hubbard, Kirstie Hummert, Jamie Hundley, Rhondalyn Logan, Gina McKelly, Nicole Mikel, Joseph Rehagen, Jamie Sievers, Mary Spitzmiller, Lisa Stahlhut and Michelle Wagner;
• From Willow Brook Elementary School: Katharine Ackman, Natalie Alvarez, Amanda Ambrose, Morgan Barnett, Dianna Birkby, Christopher Cheatham, Ashley Downs, Margaret Fairless, Brandy Fowler, Kristen Gartland, Anise Glenn, Mary Goding, Michelle Haupt, Colleen Keane, Holly Kopp, Vincent Licameli, Meghan Luntz, Heather McCord, Christy Newsham, Alexis Paul, Penney Smith, Samantha Stuppy, Michelle Taylor, Billy Thompson, Christine Young and Alexis Zickel;
• From Remington Traditional School: Emily Cook, Ashley Fults, Allison Grigone, Christine Hillier, Michael McKeon, Kelley Mueller, Lauren Niewald, Katelyn Strickland and Priscilla Thomas;
• From Holman Middle School: Alexander Amo, Christina Becherer, Holly Berends, Alexander Buerck, Brooke Cooper, Emily Difani, Tanya Glennon, Irena Goren Scheer, Jeff Grass, Bria Griffith, Adam Hall, Teresa Hutti, Melanie Judge, David Kim, Cheralyn Kirton, David Knapp, Dominic Licameli, Matthew Loyet, Laura McClure, Jane McGuire, Melanie Metheney, Jennifer Meyer, Sarah Moran, Kristian Nelson, Matthew Parker, Jackie Ramey, Montie Richter, Rebecca Schemmer, Ryan Shea, Jessica Smith, Marcie Spawr, Amanda Strobbe, Natalie Walker, Steven White and Kelly York;
• From Pattonville Heights Middle School: Claudia Benbow, Sammie Bezzole, Chelsea Bowles, Wendy Brown, Alexander Caldwell, Michelle Crocker, Hunter Drew, Jameson Gabel, Teresa Godina, Lisa Hacker, Maranda Harper, Mark Houston, Sarah Huber, Scott Hutson, Eric Johnson, Rachel Luckett, Madeline Marren, Christian Metheney, Marian Mitchell, Jason Payne, Katie Puller, Jordan Sammelmann, Adam Seibert. Sarah Slane, Elizabeth Stockmann, Kelly Strobel, Madison Thorpe, Emily Weber, Travis Williams, Rachel Woodson and Kalesia Yates; and
• From Pattonville High School: Anna Braswell, Lorna Bulger, Lauren Church, Lori Cole, Thomas Crockett, Vicki Emerson, Jenell Franken, James Frazier, Stephanie Frerker, Kathryn Funderburk, Max Grasser, Valerie Green, Ashley Haar, Margaret Hall, Kyle Hall, Megan Harrison, Lanee' Hasenkamp, Stephanie Heyman, Sarah Holtmeyer-Hollstrom, Jamie Jobe, Anetra Johnson, Elizabeth Kean, Katherine Kessler, Katherine Korte, Rob Lamb, Melynda Lamb, Laura Livesay, Matthew McClellan, Allison McNamara, Jodi Moeller, Paige Mueller, Brent Mueller, Tracie Olson, Jennifer Raymond, MaryClare Stoker, Chaun Tate, Eleanor Taylor, Andrew Wall, Anna White, Allison Wills and Robin Woodrome.

Support Staff of the Year

The following staff members were named the Support Staff of the Year for their building:

• Lula Abreha from early childhood
• Anaisabel Garofalo from Bridgeway
• Carole Marsden from Drummond
• Shani Thompson from Parkwood
• Rungsee Suvansri from Rose Acres
• Barbara Boddy from Willow Brook
• Alejandra Wohldmann from Remington
• Brenda Labbe from Holman
• Brittany Edinger from Pattonville Heights
• Maria Saunders from the high school
• Christy Kasprzyk from the district service group

We also recognize the following staff members for the honor of being nominated.

• From early childhood: Erica Abowitz, Alaina Brooks, Krysteen Euson, Jodi Schrumpf, Ellen Serio, Sandra Wacker and Laura Wick;
• From Bridgeway: Gloria Contreras, David Hebron and Sharon Silverstein;
• From Drummond: Minako Baczynski, Michael Bailey, Livviya Boyle, Joanna Brent, Harry Cima, Tracy Cook, Kevin Couty, Mallory Delgado, Catina Gaddy, Morgan Mansur, Tracy Mellring, Jennifer Reidelberger, Holly Thomas and Michael Williams;
• From Parkwood: Dana Gregory, Melissa Morgan and Jessie O'Brien;
• From Rose Acres: Rachel Durnin, Marlon Gilkey, Robert Heitert, Kimberly Hutchison, Megan Kluempers, Vickie Moore, Amy Reese and Ella Wagner;
• From Willow Brook: Scott Graydon, Jayne Green, Megan Greer, Lakeisha Griffin, Lea Hall, Shannon Hill and Lakiva Murphy;
• From Remington: Mauronda Burgess, Gigi Holt, Carrie Hough, Florida Jenkins, Jenevieve Lafferty and Veronica Maldonado;
• From Holman: Maureen Buerck, Madisen Carr, Margaret Decker, Bertha Doyle-Sneed, Izaiah Emuge, Alison Gartner, Kenneth Mayes, Preston Murphy, Betty Nelson and Melissa Wilfong;
• From Pattonville Heights: Steven Aversa, Mallorey Burns, Krista Cusumano, Reganne Noah, Melissa Venegoni and Lawanda Wallace;
• From Pattonville High School: Tomi Benney, Debra Dold, Tamika Duncan, David Duncan, Rita Floto, Lisa Foust, Tanya Hadley, Cynthia Hall, Kenneth Lerdahl, Racquel Manuel, Ann Randle, William Roach and Reem Tahsin; and
• From the district services group: Virginia Bush-Billingsley, Amy Carr, Thomas Flannery, Zenaida Fleming, Brian Heyman, Joanne Lax and Kimberly Schneider.