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From staff reports

Longview ISD educators were honored Thursday evening by their students at the 25th annual Lamplighter Awards.

The event, hosted by the Longview ISD Foundation, was held at Pinecrest Country Club.

性视界传媒淭he foundation asked students in kindergarten, fifth, eighth, and 12th grades to remember a special educator who holds a magical place in their hearts and minds because he or she exhibits one of the 20 characteristics former student Lamplighter honorees said educators should possess,性视界传媒� the foundation said in a statement. 性视界传媒淪tudents then wrote essays about their special educators.性视界传媒�

At Thursday性视界传媒檚 banquet, Amy Hull and Leah Hickman, foundation board members, read portions of the winning students性视界传媒� essays about the honorees while Greg Jeffery, foundation board member, presented students and educators with awards.

The foundation性视界传媒檚 Lamplighter Award essay committee chose four students性视界传媒� essays, those that best described the traits that students believe great educators should possess, and asked those students to close the evening by reading their essays. Those students were Thomas Salmon, fifth-grader, Hudson PEP Elementary School; Amelia Thomas, eighth-grader, Judson STEAM Academy; Taylen Johnson, senior, Longview High School; and Alaisha Jones, sophomore, Longview Early Graduation High School.

The Longview ISD Foundation also honored Helen Davis and Carmen Hohlt, retired teachers at Foster Middle School and Longview ISD Foundation board members, for their continued support of Longview ISD educators and students in their retirement.

The foundation also raises funds for its grant programs to benefit Longview ISD educators. Since May 1996, the foundation has funded 786 grants through the Great Rewards for Great Ideas Program, returning $860,503 to Longview ISD classrooms.

Those funds have enabled 性视界传媒渋nnovative teachers, counselors, librarians and nurses to create new educational programs or to enhance existing ones so that they can provide the best instruction possible to all students,性视界传媒� the foundation said. 性视界传媒淚n addition to strengthening academics, the grants have also funded projects in music, art, technology, character education, health and physical education, guidance and counseling and STEAM education.性视界传媒�

The Longview ISD Foundation also funded 54 Campus Initiative Grants for a total of $167,677.

In 2019, the foundation began the John W. Harrison, Jr. Academic Field Trip Grant with funding for $7,000 to provide field trips that extend classroom learning for fourth-or fifth-grade students and middle school students. The Foundation has funded 25 academic field trip grants for fourth-and fifth-grade students and middle school students for a total of $112,564.

To date, the Longview ISD Foundation has returned $1.14 million to Longview ISD classrooms and campuses.

The foundation also awards $1,000 scholarships to Longview High School seniors through its Lobo Memorial Scholarship Fund. In May, the foundation will award $1,000 scholarships to nine members of the Longview High School Class of 2025. The Lobo Memorial Scholarship has awarded 110 scholarships for a total of $140,000.

Thursday性视界传媒檚 Lamplighter Awards honorees were:

鈻� Bailey Elementary School: Nallely Pascual, computer lab teacher and UIL Chess Puzzles coach, honored by Dayane Soto, fifth-grader

鈻� Bramlette STEAM Academy: Mesha London, fourth-grade teacher, honored by Abigail Federico, fifth-grader

鈻� East Texas Montessori Prep Academy: Denecia Redden, kindergarten teacher, honored by Jocelyn Ramos, kindergartner

鈻� J. L. Everhart Elementary School: Desanka Djurisic, fourth-grade teacher, honored by Adelynn Garay, fifth-grader

鈻� Hudson PEP Elementary School: Brooks Hill, fourth-grade teacher, honored by Thomas Salmon, fifth-grader

鈻� Johnston-McQueen Elementary School: Staci Williams, second-grade teacher, honored by Colbi Standridge, fifth-grader

鈻� Ware East Texas Montessori Academy: She-Ron DeLoach, physical education teacher and P.E. Club director, honored by Abraham Arce, fifth-grader

鈻� Ned E. Williams Elementary School: Katie Harrison, speech teacher, honored by Alana Alvarez, fifth-grader

鈻� Forest Park Middle School: Ella Gupton, eighth-grade English/language arts teacher, honored by Sarhi Harrison, eighth-grader

鈻� Foster Middle School: Jatinder Jhass, seventh-grade English/language arts teacher, honored by Amelia Beebe, eighth-grader

鈻� Judson STEAM Academy: Tracey Fernandez, former academic dean, current coordinator of Data Driven Leadership for Longview ISD, honored by Alexis Thomas, eighth-grader

鈻� Judson STEAM Academy: Kelly Berry, girls性视界传媒� athletic coach, honored by Lily Seay, eighth-grader

鈻� Longview Early Graduation High School: Claudia Viramontes, biology teacher, honored by Alaisha Jones, sophomore

鈻� Longview High School: Beverly Coker, International Baccalaureate Program counselor, honored by Taylen Johnson, senior

鈻� Heather Downs, International Baccalaureate Program mathematics and Advanced Placement calculus teacher, honored by Angelena Vega, senior