Member and Secretary Awards Banquet
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2009 Award Winners
The Illinois Principals Association Kaskaskia Region was pleased to host its 13th Annual Member and Secretaries Recognition Banquet Wednesday, April 29, at the Church Street Pub in Hillsboro. This banquet recognizes supporters of education and the Illinois Principals Association in the Kaskaskia Region which covers Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Marion, and Montgomery Counties. Also recognized were secretaries of IPA members. Secretaries received a beautiful wooden frame with the imprint of the famous saying, 100 years from now
to celebrate their special contributions to education as well as their hard work.
Important dignitaries recognized for their support to education were the following:
§ Matt Barba, Centralia Sentinel Newspaper- Horace Mann IPA Friends Award
§ Meg Billhartz, St. George Elementary School Innovative Education Award
§ Susan Bennett, Colt & Russell Elementary Schools Horace Mann IPA Community Service Award
§ Jostens Campus Elite Horace Mann IPA Partnership Award
§ John Hopkins, Truck Centers Inc. Lifetouch Partners in Education Award
§ Melanie Becker, Beckemeyer Elementary School National Association of Elementary Schools Principals Distinguished Principal Award
§ Andrea Lee, Litchfield Middle School National Association of Secondary Schools Principals Middle School Principal of the Year Award
§ Brian Kern, Vandalia Community High School National Association of Secondary School Principals Assistant Principal of the Year Award
§ Leslie Venezia, Patoka School - National Association of Secondary Schools Principals High School Principal of the Year Award
§ Dennis Rochkes, Ramsey Community Unit Schools Kaskaskia Region Outstanding Board of Education Member Award
§ Michael Kelly, Carlinville School District Kaskaskia Region Outstanding Superintendent Award
§ Robert Davis, Nokomis High School Kaskaskia Region Outstanding Athletic Director Award
§ Jerry Eiffert & Rich Walden, Cavalier Program Advisory Committee Kaskaskia Region Friend of Education Award
§ Julie Wollerman, Regional Office of Education #3 Illinois Principals Association Herman Graves Award
§ Adam Favre, Madison Park Elementary School Kaskaskia Region Past President Award
Also at the banquet, next years officers for the Kaskaskia Region were elected. They are Region Director Reid Shipley, Centralia High School; Region Director-Elect Leslie Venezia, Patoka School; Secretary Melissa Ritter, Ramsey High School ; Treasurer - James Rupert, Nokomis North Elementary School; Hospitality Bill Carpenter, Sorento School; Legislative Adam Favre, Madison Park Elementary School; State Director Gary Brauns, Greenville Jr. High School; Membership Mike OBoyle, retired; Assistant Principal Chair Roger Freese, Franklin Park ; Northern At-Large Mark Hunt, Litchfield High School; Southern At-Large Joe Wilkerson, Carlyle High School; Eastern At-Large Melanie Becker, Beckemeyer Elementary School; Western At-Large John Mullett, Wesclin Jr. High School; Retired Principals Terry Shute; Communications Julie Wollerman.
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