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Board spotlights students and staff across district during October meeting

Waynesville R-VI Board of Education · October 14, 2025
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Summary

The Waynesville R‑VI Board recognized its 2025–26 student leadership team, Partridge and Thayer spotlight honorees (classified and certified staff), Project Teach award recipient and community donor Paul Green.

At the start of its October meeting the Waynesville R‑VI Board recognized students, staff and community contributors.

The board introduced the 2025–26 student leadership team spanning the sixth grade center, middle school, high school and career center; names for student representatives were read aloud and certificates were distributed.

Partridge Elementary’s classified staff spotlight honored Ashlyn Sinclair (paraprofessional) and certified staff member Mrs. Kate Morris; presenters cited classroom supports, instructional leadership and a first‑grade PLC team that reported gains (for example, subtraction within 20 grew from 12% on a pretest to 63% on DFA 1).

Thayer Elementary highlighted Monica Vega (classified staff, 11 years) and Heather Huntington (certified staff) and recognized a fifth‑grade team (Angela Christman and Whitney Worley) for literacy and math strategies and measured student growth.

Staff awards also included the Project Teach first‑quarter award to Virginia Fulmer Grama (Freedom Elementary) and recognition of Transportation Employee of the Month (Chris Dorrance). Community recognition went to Paul Green for donating supplies and backpacks to Freedom Elementary.

Presenters emphasized the value of student leadership, teacher collaboration and community support during the recognitions portion of the meeting.