December Apache Way Staff Member of the Month

Wabash City Schools is pleased to announce the December Apache Way Staff Members of the Month.  Thank you to the parents, staff and students who sent in nominations, and thank you to all of you who make a difference for the students and staff of Wabash City Schools.  If you have an opportunity please congratulate the winners.  

Also, I would like to thank Harvey Hinklemeyers for sponsoring the Apache Way Staff Member of the Month with a gift certificate for each winner. 

Please take this opportunity to go to apaches.k12.in.us and nominate the January Staff Member of the Month for each school. 

O.J. Neighbours Elementary December Staff Member of the Month: Kathy Wilson

"I would like to nominate Kathy Wilson for staff member of the month.  Kathy's love and dedication to helping all students learn, grow and be successful is apparent in all she does.  She has the innate ability to identify what individual students need and create a support plan to help them gain the skills they need to be successful in school.  She does not give up on any child and works to find new strategies if those she is already using do not work.  Kathy is a support to her colleagues as well.  Many seek her input on situations with which they are having difficulty.  OJN is blessed to have Kathy on our staff."

Wabash Middle School December Staff Member of the Month: Jill Beals

"Jill goes above and beyond to help her students learn. She is daily keeping them before school, lunch, and after school to get them caught or help to learn new concepts. She never lets them slip by and continually holds them accountable."

"She has high expectations for us, but she is kind and helps us when needed."

"I'm nominating Mrs. Beals because she is very kind, and cares about students' education."

"I am nominating Mrs. Beals because she has helped me tremendously. I was really far behind in a lot of classes and she asked me what was going on. She then got me help. She spent a lot of her extra time she could have done something else helping me get caught up. She went through and helped me learn what I didn't know. Im thankful we have teachers like that. The kind that want to help kids learn, and if they don't know it explain to them what they don't know. So I am nominating Mrs. Beals because she is a great teacher who actually want her kids to learn and be interested in what there doing."

"She cares a lot about the students and their education. She pushes students do their best work and be the best they can be. She works really hard, and deserves a reward."

"Is a very nice teacher, that is very good at her job. The activities are fun and she is a fun teacher. She helps her students express themselves in a creative, educational way. Great job Mrs.Beals!"

"Mrs. Beals goes above and beyond for her students.  This is evident in the fact that her students had the best ISTEP scores in the entire county last year."

Wabash High School December Staff Member of the Month:  Dawn Saunders

"Because she's helped me through a lot. & she's an amazing person.  She always knows how to make others smile when they're having a bad day."

"She makes my day no matter if she's having a bad day or if I'm having a bad day. She is just all around an amazing person."

"BECAUSE SHE MAKES ME HAPPY AND GIVES ME FOOD. I LOVE HER DEARLY and she is super sweet. She also puts in work. "

"She's absolutely outstanding!! "

"I am nominating Mrs. Saunders because she is very kind to everyone that comes into the office no matter why they are there or when they are. She also makes it her job to try to motivate students that need motivated."-- 

November Staff Member of the Month

As our students and staff ease back into the swing of the school routine, please take a few minutes this week to recognize a Wabash City Schools' staff member by nominating them for the December Apache Way Staff Member of the Month. Nominations can be found on the Wabash City Schools website (apaches.k12.in.us)
under the Harvey Hinklemeyers' Apache Way Staff Member of the Month link.

The November winners are below:

O.J. Neighbours Elementary: Mrs. Heather Burton

"I am nominating Heather Burton as Staff Member of the Month because she is 110% dedicated to her job and the students in our building! Heather does an AMAZING job with family reading night and puts in countless extra hours to make it such a huge success! Our building is blessed to have Heather as our librarian!"

Wabash Middle School: Mrs. Amy LePage

"...Amy is one of the most caring individuals I have encountered....I am so proud of Wabash Middle School and the great staff here. Keep up the good work."

Wabash High School: Mrs. Erin Sapusek

This teacher truly gives her all into teaching her students. She works endlessly to make sure that everything she does is absolutely, impeccably well done. She takes her time teaching people things when they do not understand, and she constantly gives her all. She cares about all of her students, and is a great organizer of event and people planning. She is genuinely a kind human being with one of the biggest hearts I've come across. She deserves any praise you'd have to offer. She is understanding, funny, and detail oriented. She makes good days even better and bad days easier to bare. She also has great taste in music..as if that doesn't say enough about her already. She always has something nice to say, and if she doesn't -- she says nothing. She is professional but easy going at the same time, exactly what a teacher should be. She expects the most, but does not shun you for all eternity if you have a late assignment or don't understand a topic in class. I would give Sap an "A+" on attitude."

Each winning staff member receives a Harvey Hinklemeyer's gift certificate.  Thank you to Harvey Hinklemeyers for supporting our educators and our students in Wabash.