{"id":16573,"date":"2026-05-04T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/?post_type=news&p=16573"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T17:24:20","slug":"recognition-week-2026-5-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/news\/recognition-week-2026-5-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognition Week 2026: 5 Years of Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are proud to celebrate staff who have reached <strong>5 Years of Service<\/strong>. Thank you for your commitment and care for our school community. &#x1f44f;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Join us in recognizing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"spacedlist\">\n<li>Michael Axthelm &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Kelli Griffin &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>William Lynch &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Alison Merritt &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Gloria Morales &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Maria Sabourin &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Halee Schaefer &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Danielle Shumann &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Tamara Weathersby &#8211; Bradford High School<\/li>\n<li>Jean Goedel &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Kayla Larsen &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Perron &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Cameron Sponenburg &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Hannah Tryban &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Vaughn &#8211; Bullen Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Ade &#8211; Curtis Strange Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Shannon Lother &#8211; Curtis Strange Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Amber Perez &#8211; Curtis Strange Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Rhea Burks &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Kolar Chamberlain &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Harris &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Brian Hennig &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Eric Mulder &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Noonan &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Belinda Petkovic &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Annette Ruffalo &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Tami Runyard &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Wroblewski &#8211; ESC<\/li>\n<li>Dakota Roberts &#8211; Forest Park Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Juliet Bohaczek &#8211; Frank Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie Durfey &#8211; Frank Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Bohlman &#8211; Grant Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Samantha Stefferud &#8211; Grant Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Wendy Carpenter &#8211; Grewenow Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Johnson &#8211; Grewenow Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Martin &#8211; Grewenow Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Jaclyn Walton &#8211; Grewenow Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Emily Barrera &#8211; Harborside Academy<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Benhoff &#8211; Harvey Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Erica Lord &#8211; Harvey Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Seth Musick &#8211; Hillcrest School<\/li>\n<li>Analise Biddle &#8211; Indian Trail High School and Academy<\/li>\n<li>Grace Cannon &#8211; Indian Trail High School and Academy<\/li>\n<li>Eric Nyberg &#8211; Indian Trail High School and Academy<\/li>\n<li>Molly Sheahan-Spector &#8211; Indian Trail High School and Academy<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca Wandsnider &#8211; Indian Trail High School and Academy<\/li>\n<li>Emily Alioto &#8211; Jeffery Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>William Apgar &#8211; Jeffery Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Kenyon &#8211; Jeffery Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>April Kvitek &#8211; Jeffery Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Barbara Sanchez &#8211; Kenosha School of Language<\/li>\n<li>Kimberly Saucedo &#8211; Kenosha School of Language<\/li>\n<li>Agata Arnold &#8211; LakeView K-8 Academy<\/li>\n<li>Julie Spangler &#8211; LakeView Technology Academy<\/li>\n<li>Katherine Turek &#8211; LakeView Technology Academy<\/li>\n<li>Bergen Hanson &#8211; Lance Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Brianna Jandrowski &#8211; Lance Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Demere Kentcy &#8211; Lance Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Laken Poupart &#8211; Lance Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Michael Talley &#8211; Lance Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Bondus &#8211; Mahone Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Kimberly Skendziel &#8211; Mahone Middle School<\/li>\n<li>Tara Shreve &#8211; Nash Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Lauren Anderson &#8211; Pleasant Prairie Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Suzanne Petts &#8211; Reuther Central High School<\/li>\n<li>Vincent Iorio &#8211; Roosevelt Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Emily Seigworth &#8211; Roosevelt Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Jaime Kamakian &#8211; Ruth Harman Academy<\/li>\n<li>Angela Last-Konicki &#8211; Ruth Harman Academy<\/li>\n<li>Jessica Meristil &#8211; Ruth Harman Academy<\/li>\n<li>Melissa Schroeder &#8211; Ruth Harman Academy<\/li>\n<li>Elizabeth Corwith &#8211; Somers Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Katie Wtorkowski &#8211; Somers Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Heidi Bassler &#8211; Southport Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Carly Kroes &#8211; Southport Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Alma Niendorf &#8211; Southport Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Nikula &#8211; Southport Elementary School<\/li>\n<li>Casey Cushman &#8211; Tremper High School<\/li>\n<li>Barbara-Anne Dawson &#8211; Tremper High School<\/li>\n<li>Mitzi Gonzalez &#8211; Tremper High School<\/li>\n<li>Amanda Peterson &#8211; Tremper High School<\/li>\n<li>Tricia Vargas &#8211; Whittier Elementary School<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16574,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[6],"class_list":["post-16573","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/16573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/somers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}