The Centralia School Board honored 10 middle and high school teachers on Thursday for their work supporting student growth in the classroom.
“We want to take some time tonight to recognize some of our middle and high school staff for some exceptional work around high expectations and helping all students achieve academic and personal excellence,” Centralia School District Superintendent Lisa Grant said during the Centralia School Board’s regular meeting on Thursday, May 22.
The seven teachers who were present at the meeting on Thursday were each gifted a certificate of excellence and a water bottle. The three teachers who were not present for the meeting will have their awards delivered to them. The teachers who were honored are and the reasons for receiving the award, as provided by the district, are:
• Toby Johnson, Centralia High School math teacher: Significant reduction in failure rates year over year.
• Rob McKay, Centralia High School science/CTE teacher: Significantly low failure rate while holding high expectations.
• Teresa Ramirez, Centralia High School history teacher: Significantly low failure rate while holding high expectations.
• Autumn Robison, Centralia Middle School AVID/math teacher: Piloting the AVID program and supporting building-wide implementation.
• Melissa Fagerness, Centralia Middle School English teacher: Significantly low failure rate.
• Iris Craig, Centralia Middle School multilingual teacher: Exceptional support for our multilingual students and advocacy for student needs.
• Ted Seeley, Futurus High School ELA/math teacher: For supporting a larger number of students this year and helping grow the online program.
• Brady Churchill, Futurus High School math and science teacher: For supporting a larger number of students this year and helping grow the online program.
• Tanja Kern, Futurus High School personal finance/electives/CTE teacher: For supporting a larger number of students this year and helping grow the online program.
• Merritt Wold, Futurus High School CVA teacher: for supporting a larger number of students this year and helping grow the online program.
