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Mesquite ISD honors teachers, paraprofessionals and staff with Apple Corps, Star Para and life-saving awards
Summary
The board recognized Apple Corps teacher honorees including Devitra Duberry and Shelby Ermes, presented a Star Para award sponsored by First Financial Group of America, and honored a bus driver and coaches with life-saving awards after an anaphylactic incident was treated before EMS arrival.
The Mesquite Independent School District Board of Trustees used part of its Oct. 7 meeting to recognize teachers, paraprofessionals and staff for classroom excellence and lifesaving actions.
The meeting opened a recognition series with the Apple Corps award, a partnership between the Mesquite Education Foundation and Clay Cooley of Mesquite. The board announced Devitra Duberry of the learning center as an October Apple Corps honoree and described her as a middle-school science teacher with 26 years of experience in the district. In her remarks, Duberry said teaching matters because of the relationships with students: "Teaching is so important to me because you build so many relationships with your students, and you're able to see all the things that you give them in the classroom." She thanked campus colleagues and family in attendance.
Shelby Ermes of Bridal Elementary was also presented as an Apple Corps honoree for October. The board additionally announced a Star Para award and a partnership with First Financial Group of America to provide a $50 gift card to the monthly paraprofessional recipient; Cassandra De Santiago was introduced as the October Star Para honoree and commended for her attendance and knowledge of truancy procedures.
The board presented life-saving awards to MISD bus driver Nathan Spradlin and Berry Middle School coaches Daniela Lopez Alaniz and Michael Baron for assisting an adult experiencing a severe anaphylactic reaction on a bus. Board materials said Spradlin stopped at the nearest campus, coordinated with coaches who retrieved two EpiPens, and administered one before EMS arrived; the person made a full recovery. The recognitions were followed by student AP and National Merit acknowledgments naming dozens of high-school honorees across district campuses.
The recognitions required no vote and were presented as ceremonial items; the board recessed briefly for photos following the presentations.
