Jill Terrell, media and technology specialist at Pine Street Elementary, has been selected as this year’s winner of the annual Kathryn L. Brenner Award for outstanding teacher in the Wayland Union School District.
Kathy Brenner was an outstanding student at Wayland Union, who died less than six months after she graduated in 1993 on Oct. 19 due to complications of cystic fibrosis.
The award noted, “She was a person who offered a ‘ray of sunshine’ by just knowing her and having the honor to teach her or be in her presence. She is greatly missed and those of us who knew her loved her very much”
Her father, Bob Brenner, a previous superintendent at Wayland Union for 23 years, and his wife Sandy, established an award to honor an outstanding teacher who has committed the extra time and effort to benefit students in the classroom and/or in extracurricular activities within Wayland Union Schools.
Previous Brenner Award Recipients:
- 2003 — Sharon Nelson, Middle School
- 2004 — Kathie Johnson, High School
- 2005 — Susan Boehm, Pine Street Elementary
- 2006 — Jan Laman, High School
- 2007 — Chris Potter, Middle School
- 2008 — Robin Seniura, Dorr Elementary
- 2009 — Judy Mutschler, Steeby Elementary
- 2010 — Suzanne Jurkowski, Pine Street Elementary
- 2011 — Karen Nofsinger, High School
- 2012 — Linda Anderson, High School
- 2013 — Lori Howell, Steeby Elementary
- 2014 — Don Mackey, High School
- 2015 — Aleisa Licari, Dorr Elementary
- 2016 — Laura Foster, Pine Street Elementary
- 2017 — Julie Phillips, Middle School
- 2018 — Chris Rupke, Baker Elementary
- 2019 — Michelle DeYoung-Foster, Middle School.
- 2020 and 2021 — Ace Hulbert and Katrina Brown.
