Photos: Academic skill lauded at BKW
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A moment of congratulation is shared between Secondary School Principal Brian Corey and fourth-grade teacher Agnes Zellin in front of an applauding crowd at the Berne-Knox-Westerlo auditorium on Oct. 6. Zellin, who last school year obtained certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, received a Board of Education Recognition Award, along with 15 other faculty, staff, and volunteers.
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Denise Robinson, typically working in her subdued role as district clerk during board meetings, was given a recognition award on Oct. 6 for her other job, as secretary for BKW's special education. With the high turn over in that part of the district, board President Joan Adriance said, Robinson has been its familiar face.
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Colleen DeMuth, Berne-Knox-Westerlo's longtime nurse, shakes hands with Principal Brian Corey as she accepts a 20-year service award.
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Honors were bestowed at Berne-Knox-Westerlo Monday night during the school board’s annual recognition ceremony. Eighth-grader Matthew Payne looks up at board member Vasilios Lefkaditis in a line of handshakes as he accepts his academic excellence award for having a 95-percent average or higher for the 2013-14 school year.
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High-caliber students lined up on the BKW stage, posing with their awards for having a 95 or higher average in seventh or eighth grade last year, or a 93 or higher average in grades 9, 10, or 11 last year. Students receiving the awards were seventh graders, Caitlyn Bianchi, Nicole Carr, Adrianna Fahd, Anneka Kuck, Caiden Larsen, Mackenzie Lawson, Jocelyn Marden, and Alivia Wagoner; eighth graders, Earl Barcomb, Marcy Forti, Kira Gardiner, Mackenzie Hall, Madeline King, Breanna Larghe, Morgan Latham, Patrick Meehan, Dillon Miller, Matthew Payne, Axton Pulliam, Slade Pulliam, Courtney Sherwin, Morgan Thomas, Cailyn Toomey; ninth graders, Michelle Ferraino, Kai Fischer, Liam Hanley, and Zachary Wright; tenth graders, Justin Houck, Ada Kent, Amanda Meehan, Jeremy Sawyer, Emelia White, and Kathryn Wray; and eleventh graders, Lukus Becker, Andrew Bub, Aaron Collins, Thomas Fisher, Samantha Flavell, Greg Gustafson, Derek Hempstead, Dana Insero, Preston Jones, Ashley Lawson, Haley Miller, Nick Nagengast, Jessica Rue, Caleigh Shea Murphy, Joe Staubach, and Anna White.
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Board of Education Recognition Awards were handed out to Amy Anderson, Janessa Malphrus, Doyle Shaver, Brian Corey, Ryan McCullough, Matt Skinner, Chris Curvin, Jane Porter, Kevin Toomey, Korey Davis, Denise Robinson, John Zelanak, Tiffany Detlefsen, Maria Shafer, Agnes Zellin, and Stacey Loucks.
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Decades at BKW: From left, Secondary School special education teacher Jill Roemer, Elementary School custodian Rodney Schanz, and Elementary School nurse Colleen DeMuth, were recognized each with 20-Year Service Awards.