Laurinda Barraza, Hendry County School District’s School-Related Employee of the Year.

The Hendry County School District gathered today to acknowledge and celebrate school-related employees of the year from each school in the district. Each honoree was presented with a plaque and gift of appreciation from Superintendent Paul Puletti.

Mr. Puletti  shared personal stories about each honoree that reflected each of their high levels of dedication to the students of Hendry County. A key example being that a honoree, Silvia Pantoja from food service, made the decision today to miss the luncheon because her lunchroom would be short-staffed and she wanted to be there to make sure the students were fed.

After all honorees were acknowledged individually, Mr. Puletti announced that the selection committee had chosen Laurinda Barraza from Clewiston High School as Hendry County’s School-Related Employee of the Year for 2015.

Below is a list of all the honorees:

LaBelle area School-Related Employees of the Year Honorees.

LaBelle High – Diane Raulerson

LaBelle Middle – Belinda Herrera

Country Oaks Elementary – Reyna Garza

LaBelle Elementary – Anita Lozano

Upthegrove Elementary – Chrissy Banda

Clewiston High – Laurinda Barraza

Clewiston Middle – Patricia Weston

Central Elementary – Inez Juarez

Clewiston area School-Related Employee of the Year Honorees

Eastside Elementary – Elizabeth Williams

Westside Elementary – Brenda Itzen

Federal Programs – Amy Plaza

Food Service – Silvia Pantoja

Exceptional Student Education – Charlene McCall

Clewiston Transportation – Deadra Mixon-Brown

LaBelle Transportation – Jerry Moore

Congratulations to Mrs. Barraza and thank you to each of the honorees for their service to our students.

~ Stephanie