Making a Difference – April 2023
We are so proud to announce our April Making a Difference Nominees! These amazing staff and students are showing our values in their daily lives, and we are very grateful to have them as a part of the Waukee CSD team. They continue to make a tremendous impact on our district as a whole and the lives within it.
Making a difference – April 2023
- Kari DeJong – Math Interventionist/Brookview Elementary
- Nicole Hildebrand – Special Education Teacher/Brookview Elementary
- Megan Madden – Teacher/Brookview Elementary
- Rachael Weieneth – Instructional Mentor/Eason Elementary
- Chris Berry – ESL Teacher/Grant Ragan Elementary
- Hope Bleckwehl – Counselor/Grant Ragan Elementary
- Sarah Korte – Teacher/Grant Ragan Elementary
- Morgan Sherrod – Teacher/Grant Ragan Elementary
- Eric Wetzel – Teacher/Grant Ragan Elementary
- Meeta Kothari – ESL Teacher/Maple Grove Elementary
- Rebecca Meyer – Teacher/Maple Grove Elementary
- Kinsley Hilton – Student/Shuler Elementary
- Claire Hurlbut – Student/Shuler Elementary
- Landon McBain – Student/Shuler Elementary
- Clark Moen – Student/Shuler Elementary
- Kendra Carlson – Teacher/Shuler Elementary
- Jill Folsom – Teacher/Sugar Creek Elementary
- Dr. Liz Griesel – Principal/Sugar Creek Elementary
- Abbie Wynja – Teacher/Sugar Creek Elementary
- Kim Hunt – Nurse/Waukee Elementary
- Amy Winter – Teacher/Waukee Elementary
- Shawn Beenken – Teacher/Woodland Hills Elementary
- Lara Biden – Student/South Middle
- Haylie Steffensmeier – Counselor/South Middle
- Katie Teff-Blumberg – Teacher/South Middle
- Belma Ponjevic – Special Education Associate/Waukee Middle
- Olivia Vander Ploeg – Special Education Associate/Waukee Middle
- Cody Saveraid – Special Education Associate/Prairieview
- Bailey Baldock – iJAG Specialist/Timberline
- Thomas Carrington Williams – Student/Timberline
- Greg Dimarco – Teacher/Timberline
- Clemential Nanono – Student/Timberline
- Jason Okel – Student/Timberline
- Jennifer Quiah – Student/Timberline
- Malia Rogers – Student/Timberline
- Laura Calvert – Teacher/NWHS
- Theresa Lauritsen – Teacher/NWHS
- Dana Means – Teacher/NWHS
Please watch the video of these surprise recognitions! During the school year, all Waukee CSD students and staff are welcome to nominate others. However, nominations for the 2022-23 school year are closed. Submissions will open for the 2023-24 school year in September.
