Fourteen Honored at Awards for Excellence Banquet · Darleen Michalak, Patricia Hawkins. Middle...
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F o u r t e e n H o n o r e d a t A w a r d s f o r E x c e l l e n c e B a n q u e t M a r c h 1 1 t h C e r e m o n y A t t r a c t s B i g C r o w d Nearly 275 friends, family members and colleagues gathered together at the Marriott Hotel on March 11th to celebrate and honor award winners at the 5th Annual Awards Banquet. All of the award win- ners were nominated by school superintendents or district committees as representing the best in personal qualities and professional achievement in four categories of service: superintendent, ad- ministration, teaching and support staff. The WNYESC committee judged nominees on extraordinary commitment to the district and community, years of service to the district, leadership within their respective group, and achievements both in and out of the workplace. As you read each winner’s statement in the following pages, it will be apparent why they were cho- sen. They are highly-respected leaders who have inspired others around them, and therefore, are role models in their schools and communities. We hope that you will continue to acknowledge their special contributions by congratulating them. Thanks again to Hodgson Russ LLP for sponsoring this special event. V i s i t O u r W e b s i t e : w w w . w n y e s c . o r g The Western New York Educational Service Council is proud of its partnership with the law firm of Hodgson Russ LLP Attorneys. We appreciate their support as our Corporate Sponsor and recognize their outstanding service to the schools of Western New York. April 2007 Award Winners Pictured Front row: Joyce Tomaka, Delia Bonenberger, Darleen Michalak, Patricia Hawkins. Middle row: Tony Tylenda, Amy Banks, Lynn Eberle, JoAnn Carpenter, Melodee Leone, Joan Thomas, Clark Godshall, James Rusin Back Row: Neil Burns, James Marshall April 2010
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Fourteen Honored at Awards for Excellence Banquet March 11th Ceremony Attracts Big Crowd
Nearly 275 friends, family members and colleagues gathered together at the Marriott Hotel on March 11th to celebrate and honor award winners at the 5th Annual Awards Banquet. All of the award win-ners were nominated by school superintendents or district committees as representing the best in personal qualities and professional achievement in four categories of service: superintendent, ad-ministration, teaching and support staff. The WNYESC committee judged nominees on extraordinary commitment to the district and community, years of service to the district, leadership within their respective group, and achievements both in and out of the workplace.
As you read each winner’s statement in the following pages, it will be apparent why they were cho-sen. They are highly-respected leaders who have inspired others around them, and therefore, are role models in their schools and communities. We hope that you will continue to acknowledge their special contributions by congratulating them. Thanks again to Hodgson Russ LLP for sponsoring
this special event.
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The Western New York Educational Service Council is proud of its partnership with the law firm of Hodgson Russ LLP Attorneys. We appreciate their support as our Corporate Sponsor and recognize their outstanding service to the schools of Western New York.
April 2007
Award Winners Pictured
Front row: Joyce Tomaka, Delia Bonenberger, Darleen Michalak, Patricia Hawkins.
Middle row: Tony Tylenda, Amy Banks, Lynn Eberle, JoAnn Carpenter, Melodee Leone, Joan Thomas, Clark Godshall, James Rusin
Back Row: Neil Burns, James Marshall
April 2010
2010 Awards for Excellence Recipients
Patricia HawkinsPayroll ClerkEden Central School District
“The most wasted of all days is one with-out laughter.”
e.e. cummings
Joyce TomakaSecretary to the Business Administrator Lake Shore Central School District
“Just get the job done, asap.”
Support Staff
Amy BanksDirector of Guidance/School CounselorEden Central School District
“Happiness is a grateful spirit, an optimistic attitude, and heart full of love.”
Author Unknown
JoAnn CarpenterDirector of Guidance/School CounselorWilson Central School District
“Attitude is Everything.”
Teaching
Lynn EberleEnglish TeacherHopevale Union Free School District
“We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”
Sir Winston Churchill
Melodee LeoneReading TeacherSilver Creek Central School District
“Teachers who inspire realize there will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be either stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how we use them…”
Author Unknown
Teaching cont.
James MarshallBiology TeacherClarence Central School District
“Do what you can…with what you have… where you are.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Tony TylendaEnglish TeacherLancaster Central School District
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
Teaching cont.
Neil BurnsElementary School PrincipalClarence Central School District
“The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.”
Kenneth Blanchard
Dr. James RusinInstructional Specialist for Physical Education, Health & AthleticsWilliamsville Central School District
“These are the good old days” from the song “Anticipation”
by Carly Simon
Administration
Delia BonenbergerSuperintendentCheektowaga Central School District
I am giving you what I have lived and led by… “Kick it up a notch and never, never, never give up!”
Darleen MichalakDeputy SuperintendentErie 1 BOCES
“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of chil-dren; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”
Often misattributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson/Traceable to Bessie Stanley’s famous poem “What Constitutes Success”
Superintendent
Administration cont.
Joan ThomasSuperintendentOrchard Park Central School District
“Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and the world better than you found it.”
Marian Wright Edelman
Superintendent cont.
Dr. Clark GodshallDistrict SuperintendentNiagara Orleans BOCES
“True knowledge is not attained by think-ing. It’s what you are; and it’s what you become.”
Author Unknown
