PROCLAMATIONS OF APPRECIATION

The Board of Education celebrated student achievement at the June 8th Board of Education meeting and presented the 2009 retirees with “Proclamations of Appreciation”.

The Board and Dr. Scricca thanked each of this year’s retirees for their many years of service to the Riverhead Central School District.

The following teachers and staff members are retiring this year:

RHS math teacher Ruth Clark, who started teaching in the district in 1985;

RHS art teacher Linda Figari, who has been teaching art in the district since 1991;

RHS special education teacher and former school-to-career coordinator Cornelia Gevinski, who has worked in the district since 1983;

RHS science teacher Eric Lamont, who has taught at RHS since 1981;

Roanoke Avenue school librarian Marjorie Lawrence, who has been a librarian in the district since 1985;

RHS music teacher David Loddengaard, who is also the Chairperson of Music K-12, and has been teaching in the district since 1974;

RMS home economics teacher Lynn Toro, who taught at RMS since 1993;

Riley Avenue computer lab assistant Sandra Austin, who has worked in the district for 14 years;

School bus driver Wendy Drumm, who drove a bus for the district for 26 years;

School bus driver Susan Eaton, who completed 22 years of service;

School bus driver Carol Herig, who drove a bus for the district for 10 years;

Administrative asssistant Patricia Hipp, who completed 25 years of service to the district;

Custodial worker Russell Nash, Jr., a custodian in the district since April 1980;

Custodial worker William Orlando, who performed custodial service to the district since October 1989;

School maintenance crew leader John Trent, Jr., who has worked for the district since 1972.