Teacher of the Year

This is an annual award, sponsored by the Crusader Parent Organization.  There are two categories for the teacher award: New Teacher (1-3 school years of service) and Experienced Teacher (more than 3 school years of service). 

Nomination forms for the 2024-25 Teacher of the Year Awards will be emailed to students' KMC email accounts and are due by 3:30 pm on Friday, April 11. 

See the 2024-25 teacher eligibility list HERE.

The Support Staff of the Year is a teacher-nominated award.

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Past Winners

Year

New Teacher

Experienced Teacher    

Support Staff Person    

2002    

Renee LaFever

Dot Stegman

 

2003

Mandy Walker

Crista Burnett

 

2004

Ben Sperry

Duwane Miller

Gary Heath

2005

Jessica Augustine

Mary Covington

Tim Nance

2006

Shelly Watson

Brent Knott

Pam Simonitsch

2007

Chris Stewart

Pat Raglin

Linda Toon

2008

Phil Sawatzky

Chris Bloomer

Darrell Hays

2009

Rob Archibald

Tom Peterka

Jane Truman

2010

Dan Phillips

Alan Oberley

Jane Hagan

2011

Fr. Aaron Spexarth    

Chris Van Sickel

Amy Smith

2012

Derek Cochran

Marvin Estes

Marlene Rethman

2013

Sean Ritterhouse

David Roberts

Amy Marshall

2014

Lezlie Miles

Crista Burnett

Denise Unruh

2015

Kyle Martens

Clair Pennycuff

Shirley Sharma

2016

Barbara Kral

James Lewis

Jodi Gerken

2017

Mike Harris

Jo Mittman

Anne Lutz

2018

Fr. Curtis Hecker

Chris Van Sickel

Tom Angelo

2019

Ron Riley

Beth Ferraro

Jane Truman

2020

Landon Downing

Michelle Lickteig

Jim Flax

2021

 

 

Kelly Davied
Anne Lutz
Jennifer Soebbing
Jane Truman

2022

Natalie Clouse 

Matthew Ho

Elaine Robinson

2023

Mary Rose Fugger

Amanda Prieto

Maria Doyle

2024

Tim Hiebert

Ben Riley

Barbara Carson

David Stephenson