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Desert Sands Unified honors employees with service pins, awards and retiree recognitions
Summary
Desert Sands Unified School District held its annual Sands of Time employee recognition event to present employees-of-the-year awards, recognize service milestones (20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years) and honor retirees and staff who died during the year.
Desert Sands Unified School District held its Sands of Time employee recognition event to honor employees of the year, present service milestone pins and list retirees and staff who died during the year.
The ceremony recognized classified employees of the year, teachers of the year, administrative and site-support honorees, and staff reaching milestone anniversaries across five categories: 20-year, 25-year, 30-year, 35-year and 40-year pins. Organizers also named district retirees who submitted retirement paperwork between May 2, 2024, and May 1, 2025, and held a moment of silence for six employees who died this year.
Joe Hyde, assistant superintendent of personnel services, opened and welcomed attendees and introduced Rosalie Romero, a third-grade student from John F. Kennedy Elementary School, who led the pledge of allegiance. Superintendent Kelly Mae Volmer spoke about the district’s reliance on staff and the meaning of a career in education. Dan Borgen, director of personnel and leadership…
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