2023-24 LAPS Classified Employee of the Year Verlene Stam, right, with Human Resources Specialist Diana Bequette. Courtersy/LAPS
2023-24 LAPS Certified Employee of the Year Matthew Kretz. Courtersy/LAPS
Nominees for 2023-24 LAPS Classified and Certified Employees of the Year included, back row from left, Joanie Maestas, Barranca Mesa Elementary; Holli Gonzalez, Los Alamos Middle School; Margaret Moore, Mountain Elementary; Fabian Smith, Mountain Elementary; Jenny Gallegos, Aspen Elementary; Teresa Mojica, Los Alamos Online Learning Academy and Verlene Stam, Payroll. Front row from left, Angele Hill, Los Alamos Middle School (kneeling); Stephanie Rittner, Pinon Elementary; Diane Devlin, Chamisa Elementary; Kubindu Sandipkumar Maurya, Student Services; Felicia Thornton, Chamisa Elementary; Yessica Aguilar Salaiz, Aspen Elementary; and Evan Abeyta, Los Alamos Online Learning Academy. Los Alamos High School Principal Renee Dunwoody and Mountain Elementary Principal Megan Lee, back, third and fourth from left, were on hand to congratulate the nominees. Courtersy/LAPS
LAPS News:
Los Alamos Public Schools announced its Classified and Certified Employees of the Year during the Employee Appreciation celebration held at Cottonwood on the Greens on April 19th.
Payroll specialist Verlene Stam was selected as the Classified Employee of the Year, and Los Alamos High School physics teacher Matthew Kretz was named the Certified Employee of the Year. They were selected from among 21 nominees representing all school sites and departments.
This year’s nominees include:
Classified
- Yessica Aguilar Salaiz, Aspen Elementary
- Aedin Loychik, Barranca Mesa Elementary
- Diane Devlin, Chamisa Elementary
- Margaret Moore, Mountain Elementary
- Heather Sanchez, Piñon Elementary
- Teresa Mojica, Los Alamos Online Learning Academy
- Holli Gonzalez, Los Alamos Middle School
- Colleen Swavely, Los Alamos High School/Topper Freshman Academy
- Kubindu Sandipkumar Maurya, Student Services
- Verlene Stam, Payroll
- Amanda Padilla, Facilities
- Theresa Marquez, Custodial
Certified
- Jenny Gallegos, Aspen Elementary
- Joanie Maestas, Barranca Mesa Elementary
- Felicia Thornton, Chamisa Elementary
- Fabian Smith, Mountain Elementary
- Stephanie Rittner, Piñon Elementary
- Eva Abeyta, Los Alamos Online Learning Academy
- Angele Hill, Los Alamos Middle School
- Matthew Kretz, Los Alamos High School
- The entire Transportation department was also nominated.
The event was hosted by the LAPS Human Resources Department. Thank you to the Los Alamos Schools Foundation and Los Alamos Schools Credit Union for door prizes, and to Cottonwood on the Greens.