Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Thursday, May 26, for this year’s ice cream social at Olympia High School.

Ice cream will be served at 4 p.m. with an awards ceremony to follow in the high school Commons, 1302 North St., Olympia.

All staff are welcome to help honor district retirees and celebrate the following advocates of the year and the Teacher of the Year selected by the Olympia Education Association:

Teacher of the Year (OEA)

Claire Tolstyga-McGibbon (Avanti)

Advocates of the Year (OEA)

Kristina Ackley (Garfield)
Nathan Allen (Madison)
Amanda Benjamin (McKenny)
Teresa Bond (Avanti)
Jennifer Bowman (Pioneer)
Dayna Dayton (Capital)
Dee Freeman (Boston Harbor)
Albin Gersich (Reeves)
Eria Hoffman (Roosevelt)
Katie Hurley (Jefferson)
Scott Johnson (Olympia)
Amy Long (McLane)
Meghan Mikkelson (LP Brown)
Angela Nadeau (Hansen)
Kristin Redman (ORLA)
Tracey Shmaltz (Washington)
Arlen Speights (Garfield)
Anne Wilson (Centennial)
Amanda Yonker (Marshall)

2015-16 Retirees

Vicki Ames
Donna Andrews
Michelle Baxter
Rebecca Beswick
Stanley Bratt
Charlene Didier-Colby
David Eby
Carol Hahn
Louise Hakola
Howard Keck
Debra Knotts
Sandra Madsen
Martha Manley
Lois Midles
Sherry O’Connor
Tom Reeves
Ross Regester
Jennie Lou Ronning
Paula Jo Rosenkranz
Wendy Starkey
Laury Thorson
Brian Walsh
Judith Weisenfel
Brian Wentz
Carol Wintercorn
Dave Wynkoop