This evening to the Carson City School District's annual employee of the year recognition event.

Tonight we celebrate in honor of some of our district's most dedicated and diligent education support professionals, also known as ESPs, and of course our educators.

So congratulations to all winners.

Tonight certainly is a cause for celebration.

So my name is Dan Davis.

I'm the public information officer with the Carson City School District, and I will be MCing tonight's program.

Joining me, of course, is uh Superintendent Fueling, as well as our school board trustees.

And on the stage with me tonight is Michelle Peterson, Lupe Ramirez, Rebecca Roberts, and Molly Wald.

So thank you for being here.

Also with us are our associate superintendents, uh Dan Sadler, Brandon Bringhurst, and Spencer Winward.

So thank you for being here as well.

Unable to make it this evening includes trustees Matt Clapham, Tina Statuckey, and Richard Varner.

They send their deepest regrets for being unable to make it this evening.

So thanks for being here, and thanks to all for supporting these amazing employees and teachers.

Your presence here not only demonstrates your dedication and care for our fellow peers, but also for our students.

Here we go.

Not cued up with my clicker.

So tonight's events were made possible by Miss Renee Cortez and Miss Corey Esherwood.

Thanks to both of them and the many others who uh helped coordinate all the arrangements this evening.

I know audio visual is always a big thing, and we appreciate those folks that assisted us this evening.

There's a lot of time put in behind the scenes leading up to tonight, so big thanks to everyone who helped make this possible.

Additional thanks to all those who took time to serve on the judging panels for each group.

Now recognition tonight will be awarded alphabetically by site, beginning with high schools, then the middle schools, then the elementary schools, etc.

I will introduce each individual winner alphabetically by sight.

Let's see if I can walk.

So I'm going to do a little demonstration of obviously there are doors on both sides and stairs.

So if you enter from this door, we would invite you to walk behind the trustees behind the table and then approach the runway, shake hands, and receive your award, and from there you can provide a speech or say a few words, and then we can have you exit either stage.

Does that make sense?

All right.

All administrators should have had recognition events at their individual school or department sites.

I cannot stress enough how important it is to take time to celebrate our co-workers and employees.

So thank you to all the principals and directors for hosting those recognitions prior to this evening.

Following my brief introductions, I would encourage each winner to make their way to the podium and offer any words of appreciation or thanks as they best see fit for the good of those present here tonight.

Also, it's important to note that much of what is said and talked about this evening comes from the individual letters submitted as part of the nomination process.

These are usually letters submitted by the individual award winner, their principal or vice principal, or both, and other co-workers or associates.

Other information is also gathered during the interview process.

They sit in front of a panel, and the judging panel then visits with and asks questions and gets to know each employee or educator of the year from there.

Now at the conclusion of introductions and short words by each winner, the final awards will be offered.

I will announce the 2025-26 Administrator of the Year, and then I'll invite our school board president, Miss Molly Walt, to join me up here to announce the final two overall winners.

So here we go.

Now it's important to note that each of the overall winners for ESP and Educator of the Year will go on to represent our district on a state level among the 17 other school districts in Nevada.

So tonight's announcements are surely not the end of each of these winners' impact.

And without further ado, we'll begin with Carson High School.

Miss Becca Hanslicky has only been with been working with Carson High for the for two years, but she has obviously made a lasting impact there.

She's a product of the Carson City School District and is the 20 is a 2013 Carson High grad.

In fact, she went to preschool with Candy's son.

Yes.

In her role as the Career Center specialist, her goal is to help all students know what they want to do before they graduate.

Beyond her formal responsibilities, Becca finds ways to strengthen student support systems.

Earlier this year, she played a key role in launching the career closet at Carson High, which is a valuable resource that provides students with professional clothing for work, school events, and other CTE student activities.

What really stood out to us as a judging panel was her response to the questions of how she overcomes challenges in her job.

Her response was I haven't faced any challenges yet.

Congratulations.

So thank you.

It's definitely an honor and a surprise, and congratulations to all the other winners today, because this is a really big deal.

So I forgot forgot to mention that each individual award winner will receive a certificate as well as a coin to commemorate tonight's uh proceedings as well as a gift card, I think to Starbucks.

All right.

Kendra is not only a product of the Carson City School District, but she is following in her mother's footsteps.

Her mother, Miss Karen Sims, was the 1992 Carson High School Teacher of the Year.

So she's in good company.