Sheldon ISD used its December board meeting to recognize educators, students and staff across the district with monthly awards, art contest prizes and program announcements. District staff introduced teacher, student and paraprofessional honorees from multiple campuses, described a holiday greeting‑card contest and listed nominees for regional teacher awards.

The recognitions, presented during the meeting’s opening segment, included teacher‑of‑the‑month and student‑of‑the‑month recognitions from Carroll, Garrett and Sheldon Lake elementaries and other campuses. Speaker 8 (district staff) said Carroll Elementary’s teacher of the month is Troilyn Teal and named Mikayla Barber as the Carroll student of the month; Brenda Martinez was recognized as paraprofessional of the month. Garrett Elementary teacher Catalina Gomez and student Cindy Solis were also honored. At Sheldon Lake Elementary, the teacher of the month was listed as Felicia Flores and the student winner as Jackie Son. District staff also announced Bailey Wallace and Madison as district finalists in the art contest and revealed the overall winners and finalists who will receive gift‑card prizes funded by the Sheldon ISD Education Foundation.

The district additionally named nominees for the Houston Area Alliance of Black School Educators (HABSE) teacher awards from multiple campuses and recognized two employees with CARE awards for customer service: Jay Anderson (nurse assistant at King Middle School) and Patrick Robertson (football coach at King High School). Speaker 8 said the CARE award is a district program partnered with Chick‑fil‑A/Synchrony that honors staff nominated by peers and community members.

District staff said the district recently hosted its first Spanish spelling bee for middle and elementary schools and that winners will be recognized at the district’s Spotlight Awards on Jan. 14. Staff also invited the public to the district’s choir festival at King Middle School later that week.

The recognitions and program updates provided routine district visibility for student achievement and staff service. The Spotlight Awards and fine‑arts events were presented as upcoming opportunities for community attendance.