FOR MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF STUDENTS

2021

Marcia Anker, Interim Deputy SuperintendentDavid Bell, Chief Human Resources OfficerSteve Bell, Chief Operating OfficerDan Cohan, Interim Chief of Schools – SecondaryChris Esser, Chief Legal CounselMatt Flores, Chief Academic OfficerSusan Leach, Chief Student Success OfficerTom McDermott, Chief Strategy OfficerBrett Miller, Chief Information OfficerHelen Neal, Chief of StaffRenee Nicothodes, Chief of Schools Elementary Tammy Schiff, Chief Communications OfficerNicole Stewart, Interim Chief Financial Officer

Each and every one of you made our community strongerbecause you made a difference in Jeffco Public Schools.

Thank you!

Susan Harmon Brad RupertRichard RushSusan MillerStephanie Schooley

PresidentFirst Vice-PresidentSecond Vice-President TreasurerSecretary

SUPERINTENDENT

Tracy Dorland

BOARD OF EDUCATION

CABINET

Congratulations on your Retirement!Michael Alcorn, Sierra ElementaryClaire Arceneaux, Jeffco Schools Education CenterKathleen Askelson, Jeffco Schools Education CenterConstance Atchison, McLain Community High SchoolSandra Austin, Patterson International

Susan Bagby, Blue Heron ElementaryLinda Baltich, Aravada West SeniorCarol Barela, Service Center Bldg. #1Cynthia Barnett, Jeffco Schools Education CenterPatricia Basedow, Governor’s Ranch ElementaryDavid Bauer, Ute Meadows ElementaryMary Bazzanella, Jeffco Schools Education CenterKaren Beach, Montessori Peaks AcademySandra Beall, Free Horizon MontessoriLisa Berens, Wheat Ridge SeniorSusan Berndt, Dennison ElementaryStephanie Bertram, Green Mountain ElementaryBeverly Beston, Ken Caryl MiddleLisa Binning, Bradford K-8 SouthJo Bishop, Service Center Bldg. #4Robert Bishop, Jeffco Schools Education CenterJamie Blevins, Bradford K-8 SouthDiane Blue, Connections Learning CenterDeborah Blumer, Collegiate Academy of ColoradoLarid Bohn, Bear Creek K-8Jack Bridgeman, Westridge ElementaryConstance Brown, Service Center Bldg. #1Rosemary Brown, North Area Transportation Center-ICharles Brown, Wheat Ridge SeniorStephanie Bryslan, Ryan ElementaryFernice Burbank, Jeffco Schools Education CenterAnita Burchett-Claussen, Manning JuniorLori Burris, Jeffco Schools Education Center

Rodney Calkins, Ralston Valley SeniorLinda Cannon, Conifer SeniorTerry Carlson, D’Evelyn Junior-SeniorMichael Cauble, Stott ElementaryCarmen Cerrone, Ralston Valley SeniorKaren Chernoff, New Classical Academy @ Vivian

Sherrill Chylla, Falcon Bluffs MiddleCheryl Cole, Drake MiddleKevin Coones, Arvada West SeniorRistene Courkamp, Confer SeniorMelinda Crossley, Norma Anderson Preschool Sandra Crowe, North Area Transportation Center-I

Lisa Davis, Patterson PreschoolSandra DeHerrera, Blue Heron ElementaryLisa Delameter, Normandy ElementaryMary Diaz, Jeffco Open SchoolJudy Dmohowski, Red Rocks ElementaryJeffrey Donnel, Pamona SeniorDebra Duncan, Bradford K-8 South

Judy Edwards, Secrest ElementaryJanet Elkins, Swanson ElementaryJudy Elton, Columbine Hills ElementaryJace Enyeart, Lakewood SeniorJacqueline Espinoza, Jefferson Junior-Senior HighGrant Euler, Jeffco Schools Education CenterRichard Evans, Jeffco Schools Education Center

Cynthia Fiegenbaum, Lasley ElementaryVicki Flower, Warren Tech CentralRonald Freehling, Ralston Valley SeniorTeresa Fuentes, Service Center Bldg. #4

Samuel Gabriel, South TransportationPatrick Garcia, Service Center Bldg. #1Debby Gibbs, Sobesky AcademyAlice Glassner, Red Rocks ElementaryDebbie Glodt, Jeffco Schools Education CenterDonna Goertz, Everitt MiddleScott Goldscher, Two Roads Charter SchoolGilbert Gonzales, Sobesky AcademyMargaret Gourd-Barrett, Family LiteracySherry Graff, Powderhorn ElementaryAlice Graves, Jeffco Schools Education CenterJoan Grawe, West Jefferson ElementaryLucy Griesinger, Drake MiddleHarrold Grounds, Service Center Bldg. #4Judith Grounds, Evergreen SeniorJennifer Gutierrez, Jeffco Schools Education CenterJolayne Gutzait, North Arvada Middle

Pierre Habel, D’Evelyn Junior-SeniorTeresa Hale, Ken Caryl MiddleVelva Hall, North Area Transportation Center-ICynthia Happs, Jefferson AcademyDeborah Harman, Service Center Bldg. #4Raymond Harris, Ryan ElementaryBeverly Haynie, Prospect Valley ElementaryKathy Hays, D’Evelyn Junior/SeniorRoberta Henderson, Service Center Bldg. #1Kathryn Hetzel, Jeffco Schools Education CenterSally Hissong, Connections Learning CenterJeanette Hizel, Stott ElementaryJulia Hohman, Jeffco Schools Education CenterLaura Holt, Standley Lake SeniorSuzanne Hostetler, Stott ElementaryBeverly Hoyt, Arvada SeniorCheryl Huck, Secrest ElementaryJason Huff, West Jefferson ElementaryJanet Hughes, Kyffin ElementarySheila Humphreys, Standley Lake CenterKaren Hurlbert, Service Center Bldg. #1Colleen Huseman, Pomona SeniorTanya Hutchinson, Service Center Bldg. #1James Hynes, Ralston Valley SeniorMarcia Hynes, Ralston Valley Senior

Terrie Iacono, Mount View SchoolDebra Ipson, Arvada SeniorGwen Ivarson-Nickerson, Fairmount Elementary

Lynne Jacoby, 581 Conference PlaceDaniel Jaquet, Jeffco Schools Education CenterTimothy Jenkins, Stott ElementaryBeverly Jennison, Jeffco Schools Education CenterJoyce Jensen, West TransportationAndrea Johnson, Fairmount ElementaryCheryl Johnson, Service Center Bldg. #1Gary Johnson, Service Center Bldg. #1Pamela Johnstone, Hackberry Hill ElementaryDonald Joseph, Alameda Intl Jr-Sr/Jeffco Schools Education CenterAnjanette Julseth, Lakewood Senior

Paul Karlsson, Arvada West SeniorKevin Kauffman, Bradford K-8 SouthAnne Kellogg, Chatfield SeniorLisa Kelly, Service Center Bldg. #1Cecelia Kern, Shaffer ElementaryTomiko Kinsey, Warren Tech CentralPhilippe Klinger, Chatfield SeniorSheri Knapik, North Area Transportation Center-ILisa Knox, Lasley ElementaryCynthia Krueger, Dennison ElementaryJeanne Kuykendall Stang, Compass Montessori-Wheat RidgeJill Kuzava, Shaffer Elementary Sherry Lammers, Governor's Ranch ElementaryPat Lamphier, Mount Carbon ElementaryMelissa Laurita, Vanderhoof ElementaryRichard Lay, Semper ElementaryDarren Lee, Arvada K-8Pamela Leib, Foster Dual Language PK-8Julie Lillard, Belmar School Integrated ArtsElizabeth Lincoln, McLain Community High SchoolRoger Lopp, Service Center Bldg. #1Brenda Lucas, Dakota Ridge SeniorRobin Luster, Dakota Ridge Senior

Laurie MacArthur, Bergan Valley IntermediateAlison MacDonald, Everitt MiddleCurtis Maertens, Standley Lake Sr/Jeffco Schools Ed Jeffrey Mages, Chatfield SeniorPamela Mahana, Service Center Bldg. #1Christine Mahardy, Creighton MiddleJohn Maher, Jeffco Schools Education CenterMichael Mangrum, Service Center Bldg. #1Anita Mangulis-Rubenis, Allendale ElementaryCheryl Manning, Evergreen SeniorMarisa Marinac, Adams ElementaryRafael Martinez-Tarquino, Jeffco Schools Education CenterMindy Masias, Jeffco Schools Education CenterCheryllynn McCain, Jeffco Schools Education CenterCharles McCarthy, Jeffco Virtual AcademySharon McManus, Chatfield SeniorColleen Mead, Bradford K-8 SouthGloria Mefford, West Woods ElementaryAndrew Michaud, Chatfield Senior

Brett Miller, Jeffco Schools Education CenterJudith Miller, Montessori Peaks AcademyLinda Minzak, Pomona SeniorMaurine Moody, Creighton MiddleChristy Moore, Meiklejohn ElementaryPatrick Moore, Bear Creek SeniorMarguerite Moore, Sierra ElementaryDennis Morgan, Standley Lake SeniorMary Morin, Lumberg ElementaryCandice Morrell, Hutchinson ElementaryTeresa Morrell-Evans, Dutch Creek ElementaryDenise Morris, Jeffco Schools Education CenterGretchen Moser, Dunstan Middle

O’Lynne Nation, Stober ElementaryDebora Neel, Dakota Ridge SeniorDonna Neill, Ralston ElementaryJudy Nelson, Arvada SeniorRichard Nelson, Service Center Bldg. #1Jacqueline Nervick, Summit Ridge MiddleDebra Newberg, Slater ElementarySheila Newsome, Normandy ElementaryLawrence Niemiec, Lincoln Academy Charter School

Sara Odinetz, Service Center Bldg. #1Karen O’Keefe, Evergreen MiddleHeidi O’Leary, Bradford K-8 NorthGary Olguin, South TransportationSuzette Olson, Van Arsdale ElementaryGlenn Olson, Manning JuniorLee Ondik, Normandy ElementaryDonna Ostwald, Stott ElementaryEmily Ovel, South TransportationColleen Owens, Green Mountain Senior

Diane Padilla, Jeffco Schools Education CenterRobert Page, Jeffco Open SchoolByong Park, Green Gables ElementaryJennifer Park, Westridge ElementaryMarie Perea, Witt ElementaryShelly Pizzuti, Parr ElementaryRobert Pugliese, Central TransportationAnne Prosser, Compass Montessori-Wheat RidgeDebra Pruit, D’Evelyn Junior/Senior

Rita Quaglieri, Jeffco Schools Education CenterRegina Quarles, Jeffco Schools Education Center

Salli Ratts, Service Center Bldg. #1Mark Rice, North Area Transportation Center-I Theresa Richie, South TransportationRhonda Riddle, Secrest ElementaryLeslie Robinson, Service Center Bldg. #1Terri Rogers, Fairmount ElementaryJeanne Rogers, Miller SpecialCherrill Rone, North Area Transportation Center-ICarolyn Rossetti, Jeffco Schools Education CenterKaren Rufien, Evergreen MiddleDavid Rupert, Oberon MiddleBarbara Ryan, Mitchell Elementary

Debra Sattler, Service Center Bldg. #1Valerie Schreiber, D’Evelyn Junior/SeniorLaura Schulkind, Belmar School Integrated ArtsVonna Schuster, Devinny ElementaryKenneth Seales, Red Rocks ElementarySheri Sedillo, Fremont ElementaryKenneth Shrader, West TransportationDiane Silva, Service Center Bldg. #1Carol Skinner, Lasley ElementarySally Smith, Parr ElementaryCatherine Smith, Jefferson AcademyDana Smith, Standley Lake Sr/Jeffco Schools Ed CenterStephen Smith, North Area Transportation Center-IDiane Spackman, Oberon MiddleLinda Spence, Jeffco Schools Education CenterRebecca Spiess, Shaffer ElementarySteve Spirek, Service Center Bldg. #1Jan Stambaugh, Stott ElementaryVictoria Stewart, Ralston Valley SeniorShelly Strickland, Drake MiddleSusan Student, Van Arsdale ElementaryHolli Swanson, Peiffer ElementaryJudy Swift, Lawrence ElementaryIllona Sword, Central TransportationPeter Szilagyi, Chatfield Senior

Julianne Thomas, Columbine SeniorJames Thyfault, Jeffco Schools Education CenterElenor Tomimatsu, Collegiate Academy of ColoradoJennifer Tompkins, D’Evelyn Junior/SeniorChristine Toth, Two Roads Charter SchoolJohn Trujillo, Falcon Bluffs Middle

Sharon Usher, Warren Tech Central

Deborah VanCoevern, Service Center Bldg. #1Caroline VanDyke, Stott ElementaryMaryKaye VanTassel, Patterson PreschoolLeroy Vigil, Service Center Bldg. #4Lisa Vinnik, Jeffco Schools Education Center

Bonnie Wagner, Welchester ElementaryJoan Walcott, Central TransportationHeather Watt, Service Center Bldg. #1Timothy Weaver, Kullerstrand ElementarySarah Weber, Norma Anderson PreschoolBernadette Weber, Ralston Valley SeniorRobert Wedel, Powderhorn ElementaryTimothy Welton, Molholm ElementaryKristen Wethington, Peck ElementaryMachee Whitesides, Standley Lake SeniorRoberta Wiedemeyer, Service Ctr Bldg. #1/Jeffco Schools Ed CtrMichael Wiesler, Service Center Bldg. #4Kelly Wilhelm, Mount Evans Outdoor LabDavid Williams, West Jefferson MiddleRebecca Williams, Jeffco Schools Education CenterStarla Willis, Shelton ElementaryPeggy Windle, Normandy ElementaryAmy Winterstein, North Area Transportation Center-IEugene Wollenberg, Jeffco Schools Education CenterCarmen Wright, Mount View School

Georgina Yacovetta, Arvada Senior

Karyl Zinanti, West Woods ElementaryDanielle Zgut, Normandy Elementary

There was a young man walking down a desertedbeach just before dawn. In the distance he saw afrail, old man. As he approached the old man, he

saw him picking up stranded starfish and throwingthem back into the sea. The young man gazed in

wonder as the old man again and again threw thesmall starfish from the sand to the water. He asked,“Old man, why do you spend so much energy doing

what seems to be a waste of time?”

The old man explained that the stranded starfishwould die if left in the morning sun.

“But there must be thousands of beaches and

millions of starfish!” exclaimed the young man. “Howcan you make any difference?”

The old man looked down at the small starfish in hishand and as he threw it to the safety of the sea, he

said, “I make a difference to this one.”

The Starfish

~Irv Furman, May 1989