Christian County Public Schools awarded the district’s annual Certified and Classified Employee of the Year honors Tuesday night.
Sinking Fork Elementary School teacher Nancy Sims was recognized as Certified Employee of the Year.
The Classified Employee of the Year is Ramona Hester, a bus driver and instructional assistant.
Superintendent Chris Bentzel presented the awards in a ceremony at the Performing Arts Center at Christian County Middle School, a district spokesman said in a news release.
Certified employees nominated by their schools:
- Tracy Mohon, Crofton Elementary
Cilisha Dawson, Freedom Elementary - Sarah Akin, Indian Hills Elementary
- Jessica Tinsley, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
- Lisa Pinson, Millbrooke Elementary
- Emily Chandler, Pembroke Elementary
- Nancy Sims, Sinking Fork Elementary
- Liz Van Otten, South Christian Elementary
- Marie Davenport, Christian County Middle
- Linda Leake, Hopkinsville Middle
- Jennifer McCain, Christian County High
- Brant Weiss, Hopkinsville High
- Sean Conley, Gateway
- Carla Criswell, Alternative School
Classified employees nominated by their schools:
- April Robertson, Crofton Elementary
- Brent Lamb, Freedom Elementary
- Denise Boyce, Indian Hills Elementary
- LaTisha Pulley, Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
- Mollie Grace Whitaker, Millbrooke Elementary
- Kerri Vanderkolk, Pembroke Elementary
- Sue Miller, Sinking Fork Elementary
- Cary Sharber, South Christian Elementary
- C.J. Brewer, Christian County Middle
- Alandria Banks, Hopkinsville Middle
- Shawna Johnson, Christian County High
- Keith Leslie, Hopkinsville High
- Jana Cook, Gateway
- Marie Hughes, Alternative School
- Will Bivins, Maintenance Department
- Ramona Hester, Transportation Department
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
