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March 2, 2010
Judy Wu
Library media technician Leslie DiFranco, library information specialist Kristen Marie, PTSA treasurer Francine Loudon and parents Katy and Paul Yamaguchi received honorary service awards at a PTSA meeting, Feb. 4.
“Receiving the award made my day. I was surprised and proud,” DiFranco said.
Cheerleading coach Jovana Mozzetti was also honored during a boys varsity basketball game, Feb 16. She was very touched and surprised when PTSA president Melinda Kufeld handed her the honorary service award.
The award ceremonies was held to celebrate Founder’s Day. Founder’s Day celebrates the three women who founded the organization that evolved into PTA/PTSA. The WHS PTSA uses events like faculty meetings, Crab Feed, or PTSA and Grad Nite meetings to give out the honorary service awards.
“PTSA likes to honor the recipients when they are surrounded by their peers,” Kufeld said.
The WHS community submits nominations with a statement explaining why nominees should be honored. A community then reviews the nominations and decides who will be honored.
Some of the recipients, such as DiFranco has received the award multiple times. This is the third one DiFranco received. She has received the other awards from Brookvale Elementary and Thornton Junior High.
” It was a huge honor and really nice of the PTSA to give me the award,” DiFranco said.
More awards are scheduled to be given out on March 16, but the names of the recipients are kept confidential.
“We like to surprise those being honored,” Kufeld said.
This article originally appeared in print on March 2, 2010. It has been modified to correct spelling and grammatical errors.
