Which 15 will Smell like a ROSE in Rockwood?

Excellence of character, performance, leadership and service to the are attributes sought in nominees for the district's annual  Rockwood Outstanding Service in Education (ROSE) awards.

The ROSE Award is one of Rockwood’s highest honors, because it is presented to those who have made a difference in a child's life, in a Rockwood school, or in the Rockwood community. Nominees are teachers, parent volunteers, district employees, administrators and community supporters.

More than 245 individuals are 2012 ROSE Award nominees, according to a Rockwood School District announcement. The ROSE Award selection committee members will meet this month to review the nominations. ROSE Award recipients will be notified on Feb. 28, and will be honored at a ceremony on May 6 at the Doubletree Hotel–Westport.

A maximum of 15 individuals receive the award each year.

The following nominees are associated with Rockwood schools in the and area:

—Jane Brown, Sandy Menchella, Connie Dickerman and Bill Sloan.

Babler Computer Center—Alison Hancock, Deborah Ketring, Elaine McKenna, Maria Tenny and Steve Beatty.

—Barbara Morris, Cara Moore, Darcey Kemp, Diane Matson, Mimi Levy, Nancy Robinson, Rhonda Williams, Terry Williams, Tonya Gilmore and Karri Johns.

—Denise Wilkinson, Jennifer Blow, Karen Huber, Lisa George, Melisa Bauer, Paula Shirley, Stephanie Taggert, Vicki Austin and Victoria Ruoff.

Early Childhood Special Education Eureka Elementary—Stacey Belmont.

—Donna Varner, Jennifer Friedmann, Kristy Bradley, Lynn White, Rhonda Hoard and Sharon Seeley.

—Becky Stevenson, Cassie Renner, Deborah Asher, Jennifer Strauser, JoAnn Pinnell, Matthew Whiteford, Ralph Gianino, Suzanne Dotta.

—Anna Marie White, Christine Starnes, Ed Gonzalez, Jeff Powell, Jessica Eschelman, Leslie Windler, Lisa Molengraph, Maureen Smith, Susan Ferguson, Susan Voss and Traci DeBeir.

—Lorinda Krey, Mary Kleekamp, Ursula Rankins.

//—Sheila D. Jones.

—Ami Meals.

—Betsy Rivas, Brian Fish, Joseph Gutowski, Kathy Soucy, Krista Silvernail, Monique Merritt, Nicole Ballard-Long and Rob Woodsmall.

—Adam Gabris, Andrea Angelo, Bergen Toth, Christopher Dunn, Cindy Schiller, Dan Smythe, Danielle Dauster, Denise Subke, Hope Declue, Janet Scobie, Jennifer O'Brien, Jill Mueth, Lisa Blumhagen, Maggie Flavin, Marvin Medcalf, Mary Heinemann and Michelle Culian.

/ Lacrosse Coach—Ellen Wright.

—Jeremy Kellhoffer, Julie Dwyer, Kary Bachert, Lisa Young, Mary Barragan, Melanie Portell, Natalie Ganz and Paul Morris.

—Alison Frederickson, Tracey Mulholland, and Tom McKenna.

/—Caroline Podgornik.

—Carolyn Holz, Doreen Conte, Karla Stern, Kimberly Dickens, Lisa Frederich and Vicki Kombrink.

Editor's Note: Nine nominees are from the Center for Creative Learning, which is located in Ellisville, MO, but is attended from elementary students enrolled in home schools within Wildwood and Eureka.