Wayne was awarded the directors challenge in April. This award was given to recruiters who had recruited 150% of their standard. The Air Guard flew us to Arizona, put us up in the Arizona Grand and basically treated us to a great weekend. They also had an awards banquet and a really nice barbeque for the award winners and their families. All in all it was so awesome because Wayne and I went and left the kids at home!!! Honestly, we didn't really even know how to handle so much quiet! The whole trip was awesome and I am so proud of Wayne and his achievement.
In May I received the "Accent on Excellence Award" which is given to 10 teachers, 1 administrator and 1 classified employee in the Alpine School District. It is given by the Alpine Foundation and is bascially to reward excellence in education. I was nominated by another teacher in my school, then my application went to the selection committee. This has been such an honor for me, I was really shocked because I really did not think I was qualified. Anyway, the award included $500 for me personally and $500 for my classroom. In addition we got a gift basket that was probably worth another $500. They also had a really nice awards banquet where we were presented with our award and gift baskets. It seriously felt like the academy awards for teachers!
