The Compass Employee Recognition Program, held Monday at Taft 7-12, is an annual event that recognizes our school district employees who have demonstrated a high level of commitment, effectiveness, and excellence in their professional roles. Recipients were nominated by students, staff and community members. Congratulations to all of this year's Compass Award winners!
Beginning Teacher of the Year: Carmen Lopez, Taft 7-12
CTE Program of the Year: Philip Reed, Waldport Middle/High
Teacher of the Year (West): Cody Rosenthal, Newport Middle
Teacher of the Year (East): Janice Venture, Toledo Jr/Sr and Jody Becker, Toledo Jr/Sr
Teacher of the Year (South): Melanie Mobley, Crestview Heights
Teacher of the Year (North): Karaline Richey, Oceanlake
Classified Employee of the Year (North): Kelly Linfoot, Taft 7-12
Classified Employee of the Year (West): Maggie Acosta, Teaching & Learning Center and Zaida Landa, Newport Middle
Classified Employee of the Year (East): Kim Kosydar, Toledo Jr/Sr
Classified Employee of the Year (South): Jack Boothe, Waldport Middle/High
Superintendent Awards:
Dr. Ben Ewing, Beginning Teacher Mentor
Josh Bates, Technology Administrator
Samantha Murphy, teacher at Newport High
Sue Graves, Safety Coordinator
Partners in Education:
Charissa Stair, Oregon Coast Aquarium
Jeff Sweet, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Most Volunteer Hours by Area:
Krista Eddy (North)
Susan Fowler (West)
Peter Vince (East)
Jill Richardson (South)
In addition to our Compass Award recipients, we also celebrated staff reaching milestone years of service, recognizing those who have dedicated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 years to LCSD. We’ll be sharing more about these remarkable milestones in a separate post.