Anchorage School District

• Quyana to Darin Hargraves at Operations! Thank you to Darin for helping to solve so many problems – and always with a positive attitude. Darin replies quickly to concerns and usually has an instant solution. Thank you to someone behind the scenes who helps make our schools run smoother!

  - Diane Hoffbauer, principal

• Quyana to Ms. JoAnn and Ms. Kelly at Tudor Elementary! Cheers to the kindergarten teaching team at Tudor! Our daughter is so fortunate to have you both. Thank you for supporting, caring, and valuing each of your students - they recognize and cherish it. Thank you for creating a welcoming classroom, instilling a fierce love of learning, maintaining high expectations, and helping each student reach their maximum potential. We really appreciate you both!

  - James and Christine Dennis, parents

• Quyana to Kristie Hale at Bayshore Elementary! Kristie is an asset to Bayshore for her extra efforts to meet the needs of all students. Kristie always has a smile on her face and will take the extra steps to help any student or adult without missing a beat.

  - Lisa Hanson, co-worker

• Quyana to Terrill Sullivan at Bayshore Elementary! Terrill has many roles at Bayshore and takes on all the responsibilities with ease and efficiency. She does everything with a smile and never stops until everything is finished. She is a role model for all staff members at our school. Thanks Terrill!

  - Lisa Hanson, peer

• Quyana to Travis Harrington at Mirror Lake Middle School! Quyana to Mr. Travis Harrington for being such a phenomenal band teacher! Mr. Harrington is a gifted and talented teacher; I'm absolutely astounded and amazed at what he has accomplished with a huge group of 6th graders this past year. Mr. Harrington masterfully mentored over 120 students in Beginning Band and led them to play so beautifully at the Spring Concert. It is not easy to mentor and lead that many students, yet Mr. Harrington did so flawlessly. My son absolutely loves band and he looks forward very much to taking band again next year. Mr. Harrington is not only an exceptional teacher; he has a gift for interacting incredibly well with his students. It is readily apparent to me at the concerts, his students greatly love and respect him. Thank you, Mr. Harrington, for everything you do to make band such an outstanding class. As my son and his peers would say, "You rock!"

  - Barbara Ringland, parent

• Quyana to Molly McManamin at Lake Hood Resource Teacher! Molly is an amazing teacher. She handles every situation that arises in her classroom (as well as other classrooms) with professionalism and grace. We are blessed to have her here in our school. Even if she is not selected, I wanted everyone to know what a great teacher we have! Thanks for all you do Molly!

  - Jennifer Henry, administrative assistant

• Quyana to Ann Morgester at Library Resources! I would like to thank Ann for helping organize a library for the second year in a row. At each of the last two schools I have worked at, Ann worked patiently with the staff to purchase new books and materials through library grant funding. Ann really knows her stuff, and nothing is too silly or complicated to ask her. Thank you, Ann!

  - Diane Hoffbauer, principal

• Quyana to Carolina Carr at West Anchorage High School! Last summer Carlina Carr supervised an EF Tour trip to Europe, where she was, frankly, pleasant by nature. She worked hard to make the trip fun, and worked hard to have fun with the rest of us. But while in Madrid, what I learned in her Spanish class made it so I could listen to and contribute to lengthy conversations in fluent Spanish. I even applied one of the units I learned from her class to order a really tricked out ice-cream cone. Apart from saving me from getting kidnapped in Munich, she was very relaxed. I wholly commend her. Carolina Carr had a profound impact on me as a person, having made me a better Spanish speaker, a better worker, and a better world citizen. Quyana Carolina Carr.

  - Timothy Tyree, student

• Quyana to Carolina Carr at West Anchorage High School! Most students don't like Sra. Carr while they take her class because her class is just plain difficult, but after taking her class, and realizing the life skill she has given them, most students retrospectively consider Señora their amongst favorite teachers. I know I do. When I entered her class for the first time my junior year. I could barely speak a word of Spanish. She asked us what we did over the summer and the class took turns answering the question in eloquent and verbose Spanish diction, and when it fell to my turn, I sat dumbly. How embarrassed I was! I didn't even understand the question! But over the past two short years, Señora taught me to speak Spanish to great extent. Because of her, I achieved the Premio de Bronce (76th percentile) last year and the Premio de Plata (94th percentile) this year in the National Spanish Exam, a standardized Spanish achievement test. Quyana Señora.

  - Timothy Tyree, student

• Quyana to Laura Storrs at Gruening Middle School! I want to thank you, Laura Storrs, for all you do,for kids through our excellent choir teaching. My son, Philip was in your choir when you came to Mirror Lake 6 years ago. You really turned him on to choir - both the singing and the group comradery, and you made him proud to sing bass. He stayed in choir through high school, singing in Ron Lange's swing choir. Philip has really connected to a group thorough choir and it has been a formative part of his school "career." I count you as a major contributor to those wonderful experiences. Philip graduates this year and he he will take with him self confidence, many good memories, and a well-rounded outlook on life. Thank you for being part of building who he is today.

  - Sandra Lambert, parent

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