2021 Honorary Service Award Recipients
Every year, the PTA honors those people around our campus who have gone above and beyond with their time, talent, and resources to contribute to the wonderful activities and programs we offer through Plymouth Elementary. Normally, we're able to celebrate them with a nice dinner and ceremony. Unfortunately, with circumstances as they are, we will be postponing that celebration until next year, when we will hopefully be able to celebrate them with the grandeur they deserve.
In the meantime, please join us in honoring this year’s award recipients:
Very special person: Mr. Jeremy Mo
Jeremy has helped organize and produce many PTA events in the past three years, and distance learning hasn't slowed him down one bit. Jeremy has channeled his energies into producing videos and helping to produce our Moon & Stars and Lunar New Year virtual Family Nights. Jeremy always finds a way to make the hard work fun, too!
Very Special Person: Mrs. Atria MacLellan
Atria has officially chaired Red Ribbon Week for the past two years, but really, Atria pitches in on just about any and every event we do. Even while distance learning, you have seen Atria at PTA distributions and hosting Zooms for our October and Lunar New Year Family Nights. (Bonus: Atria has been elected as our 2021-2022 Plymouth PTA President!)
Very Special Person: Mrs. Justine Ung
Justine has been our PTA Historian (and tracks all volunteer hours) for the past two years and also organized an amazing Holiday Concert Fundraiser starring her own Plymouth Dragons! Justine has also generously shared her photography talents with us and has put in many hours with her family on our recent campus improvements!
Honorary Service: Mrs. Jeannine Pao Brown
Jeannine has been on Plymouth PTA's leadership team for five years and has gone above and beyond for Plymouth time and time and time again! We greatly appreciate Jeannine's endless talents and her leadership as our PTA President in 2019-2021.
Honorary Service: Ms. Natalie Ridley
It was Natalie's vision for us to have a Makerspace at Plymouth, and her enthusiasm and drive to bring STEAM enrichment to our Dragons didn't stop with distance learning. Natalie quickly pivoted and committed to creating at-home Mini-Maker Kits along with the Makerspace Google Classroom! Not only that, Natalie has also been instrumental in helping plan our virtual Moon & Stars and Multicultural Family Nights this year.
Continuing Service: Ms. Andi Tamayo
Andi has served in many roles (including as a past President, Spring Fling Chair, Parliamentarian, Secretary, and Vice President) on Plymouth PTA's Board for the past 10 years and has always been a great part of the Plymouth team!
Outstanding Teacher: Mrs. Dana Williams
Mrs. Williams is not only an incredible teacher, but is also our PTA Teacher Representative and our liaison with teachers. Students love being in her class and benefit from her endless encouragement and belief that they are each capable of great growth. She is involved in so much—it's too hard to list it all!—but we are so grateful for her dedication to our school.
Outstanding Teacher: Ms. Kelly Curtis
Ms. Curtis does such an amazing job of delivering really high-level education while making her students feel so loved. She ROCKED distance teaching right from the very beginning, often sharing her virtual teaching ideas with other teachers! She is fun, innovative, and delivers amazing, engaging content to KINDERGARTENERS over Zoom.
Outstanding Teacher: Ms. Jessica Notchick
Ms. Notchick goes above and beyond to ensure her students have the education and support they need as special needs children, especially during such a challenging year. She is hard working, dedicated, sensitive, motivated, and is truly an excellent and inspiring teacher.