County schools congratulate Great Place Awards recipients

PECI students witness the announcement of Eric Caley, maintenance mechanic, as a Great Place Awards recipient. Rob Garden photo

Sherry Harrison, secretary at Queen Elizabeth Public School was also named a Great Place Awards recipient.

Two Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board employees have been named ‘Great Place Awards’ recipients – the highest recognition within the board.

The 16th Annual Great Place Awards recognize outstanding contributions by students, employees, parents and guardians, and community partners.

Eric Caley, maintenance mechanic at Prince Edward Collegiate Institute, and Sherry Harrison, secretary at Queen Elizabeth Public School will be presented with their award at a public board meeting Tuesday, May 23 at 7 p.m. in the Education Centre, 156 Ann Street, Belleville.

The Great Place Awards Committee received 37 nominations representing employees, volunteers, students and community partners. The nomination criteria aligns with the board’s eight ‘Growing with Character’ core values: caring, cooperation, honesty, humour, integrity, respect, responsibility and trustworthiness.

Also being honoured are:
· Natalie Brownell, Volunteer, Bird’s Creek Public School
· Keith Dickey, Bus Driver, R&L Bus Lines, North Hastings High School
· Robyn Elson and Reece Monk, Students (Grade 8), Tyendinaga Public School
· Saud Haseeb, Student (Grade 11), Moira Secondary School
· Debbie Stott, Educational Assistant, Bayside Secondary School
· Heather Taylor, Teacher, North Hastings High School
· Sue Tripp, Teacher, Trenton High School
· Anne Anderson, Rachel Bush, Marilyn Callahan, Nadia Clark, Carrie Dutton, Deniece Hunter, Tracey Locke, Debbie Royle, Angela Schaefer, Lynne Ulrich, and Mike Brown/team from Best Buy, Breakfast Club Volunteers, Harry J. Clarke Public School

Great Place Awards Committee members include:
· Delanie Austin, Student Trustee, Quinte Secondary School
· Lauren Barry, Student Senate, Centre Hastings Secondary School
· Kerry Donnell, Communications Officer & Committee Chair
· Mary Hall, Trustee
· Lee-Anne Kerr, Parent Involvement Committee Chair
· Shelley MacKenzie-Coates, Principal, Centre Hastings Secondary School
· Karen Morrow, Teacher, Bayside Secondary School
· Dave Patterson, Trustee
· Steven Payne, Systems Analyst
· Shelley Steele, Safe Schools Supervisor
· Wendy Sutherland, Safe Schools Child & Youth Counsellor
· Susan Sweet, The HPE Learning Foundation
· Doug Thur, President, Hastings and Prince Edward Occasional Teachers’ Local.