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.




Past Winners
Year | New Teacher | Experienced Teacher | Support Staff Person |
2002 | Renee LaFever | Dot Stegman |
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2003 | Mandy Walker | Crista Burnett |
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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 |
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| Kelly Davied |
2022 | Natalie Clouse | Matthew Ho | Elaine Robinson |
2023 | Mary Rose Fugger | Amanda Prieto | Maria Doyle |
2024 | Tim Hiebert | Ben Riley | Barbara Carson |
David Stephenson |