School teachers, employees honored with school board recognition

Clarkston Board of Education honored teachers and staff members with 2015 Winter Employee Recognition Awards, Monday:
Konni Larson-Behounek, business office/athletic finance assistant, administration; Holly Johnson, Student Information System coordinator, administration;
Stephanie Taubitz, special education teacher, Andersonville Elementary; Kelly Kanigowski, school social worker, Bailey Lake Elementary; Jodi Gabbard, Kindergarten teacher, Clarkston Elementary; Nick Kolos, custodian, Clarkston Elementary; Kim Strader, special education teacher, Independence Elementary; Molly Hothem, first grade teacher, North Sashabaw Elementary; Carol Leech, paraeducator, Pine Knob Elementary; Carol Welch, Julie Brookes, Marguerite Kreiner, Melissa Snyder, Shelly Spengler, Ruth Dargay, and Stephanie Dellinger, reading aides, Pine Knob Elementary; Stephanie Beach, first grade teacher, Springfield Plains Elementary;
Shelly VanAvery, paraeducator, Sashabaw Middle School; Rhonda Yelinek, head custodian, Sashabaw Middle School; Mike Lewis and Justin Harris, music teachers and directors, Clarkston High School and Clarkston Junior High; Amy Allen, math teacher, Clarkston High School; Lynn Englehart, ELA teacher, Clarkston High School; Matt Klaver, science and math teacher, Clarkston High School; Tamera Conwell, special education deptartment head, behavioral interventionist, Clarkston High School; Amanda Walsh, foreign language/ESL teacher/behavioral interventionist, Clarkston High School; and Jessica Hall, art teacher, Renaissance High School.