Antelope Valley Union High School District
Distinguished Service Award Recipients

Recognizing amazing careers in education for any type of AVUHSD employee (teachers, administrators or classified non-teaching) is the Distinguished Service Award. The person must have at minimum 10 years of service credit to be eligible to be considered for a Distinguished Service Award. Various additional selection criteria including long term, outstanding contributions to the district, students or profession are required to be nominated. The award may be presented only once to a person during their career.

Each year a special vote is required by the selection committee present more than a total of 4 awards. Due to the caliber of the nominees, 5 were selected for 2008:

2008 Distinguished Service Award Recipients:

Jef Anderson, Lancaster HS
Jim Bauer, Knight HS
Monica D'Errico, Highland HS
Major Conrad Hernandez, Highland HS
John Johnston, Highland HS
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The Distinguished Service Award may only be presented once to an employee during their career.
Congratulations to this amazing group of recipients!

Prior Years Distinguished Service Recipients
1984: Debra Andrejcik, Irene Debry, Richard Spadoni, Ernest Tosi
1985: Carolyn Flower, Florence Graham, Betty Haynes, Jeanette Johnson
1986: Robert Giacoletto, Sid Harrington, Winnie Massimino, Darwin Ochs
1987: Jimmy Laiben, David Roderick, Arthur Salazar, Robert Van Norman
1988: Richard Hague, Charles Keortge, Barbara Taylor, Twyla Thomas
1989: James Allen, Ray Monti, Brent Newcomb, Margaret Sterk, Leo Thibault
1990: James DuPratt, Ellen Roehm, JoAnn Wayland
1991: Norma Cheney, William Galliher, Darrell Havens, Robert Miner, Sallie Phillips, Ira Simonds
1992: Jean Fraasch, Everett Jackson, Bobby Loughridge
1993: Barbara Willibrand
1994: Joseph Acciani, Paul Gray, Jim Rowles, Fabiola Wilson
1995: Evan Dee Gillins, Michael LoPicolo, Austine Perry
1996: Terrence Burke, Patricia Gilstrap, Paul Meister, Fayma Joy Morgan, Kathleen Parks
1997: Kathy Carothers, JoAnn James, Michael Mitsch, JoElla Wilson, Raleign Wright
1998: Rick Engstrom, Glen Horst, Romelle Kemp, Barbara Penn, Al Stephens
1999: Norma Abele, Susan Black-Erkkila, Michael Clark, Rosalie Forgues, Lorraine Hahn
2000: Wayne Dawson, Bill Killdow
2001: Edward Kennepohl, David Otis, Patricia Reed, Elsa Steidl, Lee Van Zandt
2002: Julie Agnew, Boyd Lin Parker, Linda Miley, Sala Simonds
2003: Jeff Foster, Scott Nevison
2004: Al Chronister, Michael Hanlon, Michael Young, Judy Beardsley
2005: Dale Carlson, Diane Chronister, Jeanette Combs, Terry Custer, Lloyd Doster, Rhonda Hickman, Coy Ray, Carol Stanford
2006: Nancy Allen, Raymond Hart, Martin Prince, Cathy Sedlacek, Thomas Shepardson
 2007: June Battey, Sandi Hanlon, Karen Lindaman, Mike McCullough, Vande Micheaux, Garry Phelps, Meta Phelps

updated 5/20/08 cj