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Faculty & Staff Awards 2026

At our End-of-Year Luncheon, we celebrated another remarkable school year and honored members of our faculty and staff.
Faculty Awards: 
Donovan Award for Distinguished Work in Professional Development: Caitlyn Derrick
Dagenais Award for Leadership in Education: Dr. Liz Brown
Waterman Award for Excellence in Coaching: Gavin Gibson ’15
Johns Award for Excellence in Teaching: Alessandra Vadala
Jackie Pitts ’55 Sanford Champion Award: Loren Yates

Faculty members celebrating work anniversaries at Sanford School:

35 Years:
Brian Friedkin

30 Years:
Shannon Helmecki

25 Years:
Scott Davenport, Staci Krape

20 Years:
Clint Williams

15 Years:
John Bell

10 Years:
Brittany Elia, Courtney Lewandowski, Maria Tate

5 Years:
Andrew Fehnel, Margaret Ingram, Nicky Liss, Taylor Parrott, JT Pembroke ’09, Biz Perry, William Petterson, Sophia Pollinger, Sahar Salehi, Matt Wilson

Departing: 
Chris Keiser ’19 (3 years)
Cheveé Taylor (3 years)
Mac Weymouth (4 years)
Stacey Hendrix (9 years)
Max Schneider (12 years)

Thank you to all of our faculty and staff for their continued dedication and commitment to Sanford School.
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