The NPPS Foundation Announces Staff Awards from the 2019-2020 School Year
The North Platte Public Schools Foundation is excited to finally announce the winners of the Staff Awards from the 2019-2020 School Year. Due to COVID the annual Education After Hours which would have been held in April 2020 was postponed and then finally canceled. At the event the foundation recognizes Distinguished NPHS Alumni. Those Alumni will be recognized at a later date. There are awards for staff members in the North Platte Public School District who have been nominated by their peers, parents and the community. These nominations are submitted from many people who appreciate what all staff do to enrich the lives of the students. We are thankful to our sponsors who make this happen. The Foundation Board decided it was time to celebrate the NPPSD Staff. It was time to take the awards to the staff. Pulling off this surprise took some coordinations from the principals at four buildings, to the presenting this out on the NPPS Sunday Spotlight and finally someone to video. The Foundation would like to thank all that assisted in making this happen. A big shout out to Mr. Philep Willey who took his time and talent to get these moments on film. Mr. Willey teaches Digital and Advanced Digital Media, Information Technology along with other things at NPHS.
Awards were given in four categories Teacher of the Year for PreK-5th, Teacher of the Year for 6th-12th, Staff Person of the Year and Bulldog of Excellence. There are many staff within the district that are deserving of these awards. This is never easy to determine who receives these awardsThe 2019-2020 Staff Awards goes to Mike McQuire-Teacher of the Year-PreK-5th. Mr. McQuire teaches physical education at Eisenhower Elementary and he also coaches Track and Field. He has worked for the district for over 35 years. Ashely Werkmeister-Teacher of the Year 6th-12th. Mrs. Werkmeister teaches dual credit English and junior english at NPHS. Marnia Hughes-Staff Member of the Year. Ms. Hughes assists with Early Childhood Services and Katie Pacheco-Bulldog Award of Excellence. Ms. Pacheco is a Title 1 teacher at Lincoln Elementary. A few of these are alumni that are now teaching where their education began. Congratulations to all the awardees for going above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of students at NPPSD.
The Foundation will not be holding an Education After Hours in 2021. Follow us on social media and visit the website to keep up to date.
You can find out a little more why these dynamic teachers and staff were nominated on the NPPS Sunday Spotlight video. It is located on the NPPSF.org website.