It's Best of the Best Time!
Selah School District Announces its Best—Viking Way Style!
Viking Way: Best of the Best Awards Scheduled for Wednesday, May 6
As the Selah School District prepares to celebrate staff during recognition week May 4-8, the 2026 Best of the Best nominations have been sprinkled in blue and gold as this year’s nominees are announced.
This year’s Annual Best of the Best Ceremony will be held on Wednesday, May 6, at 6:00 p.m., in the Selah Middle School VPAC. On this evening, the Selah School District will highlight its finest as it recognizes its Viking Way: Best of the Best award recipients for the 2025-2026 school year. Also, the 2026 retiree class will be honored.
The Best of the Best awards is a recognition program designed to recognize outstanding certified and classified staff, as well as volunteers in Selah. The nomination process coincides with The Viking Way culture to honor individuals who, within their role, work to contribute to the District’s culture of excellence.
Individuals nominated for this year’s Viking Way: Best of the Best awards include:
Administrator/Director: Joe Coscarart, Sara Crowston, Brandon Gillespie, Lee Grams, Kevin McKay, Colton Monti, and Irina Stoica.
Certificated Staff: Dawn Acheson, Marizol Amezcua, Kristen Ballew, Daisy Berriman, Jacque Bettis, Madison Black, Jeanne Borman, Monica Bredwell, Jared Brink, Matt Brown, Kristen Bucknell, Summer Buntin-Perry, Charles Burger, Sara Callanan, Monica Carrasco, Cindy Chavez, Mindie Chervany, Lisa Cleem, Shelby Clements, Erick Cleveland, Sharon Conrad, Stephanie Cruz, Jolee Custer, Kari deBoer, Bryan Dibble, Rachel Dibble, Johnathon Dietrich, Kyle Ditter, Annie Eckert, Stephanie Erickson, Wade Erickson, Mindy Forbes, Destiny Fortier, Kristal Graham, Sara Gross, Christina Hartung, Toni Hiatt, Alejandra Huitron, Chris Hull, Reggie Hull, Shannon Hussell, Missy Jackson, Brooke Jonas, Zach Kent, Samantha Kerney, Michelle Kerslake, Michele Ladd, Lisa Maher, Kelly Mattson, Alison Maybee, Courtney McDonald, Kelly McNemee, Brenda Milas, Jennifer Mooney, Lacey Moore, Yaritza Morales, Heidi Moultray, Brook Olsen, Edwin Pereira, Courtney Peterson, Brianna Ramirez Cruz, Kris Rees, Elizabeth Rehn, Jayme Reiland, Theena Roberts, Ellie Robins, Kelly Rose, Shyla Scadlock, Courtney Schrader, Quinn Schrindel, Marie Smith, Alex Soto, Jordan Starr, Oneyda Starr, Elena Sullivan, Bret Tamblyn, Bailey Treat, Amy Turcott, Allie Upah, and Joan Wood.
Classified Staff: Carrie Allum, Brenda Alvarez, Tracie Alviso, Dionicio Badillo, Yolanda Badillo, Ana Berg, Shona Brost, Ashley Burmaster, Candy Calvert, Alyssa Camfield, Cecilia Campos, Ryan Cooper, Katie Corey, Annika Crumrine-Hammer, Sherry Diaz, Hannah Dixon, Jesse Eaton, Cheryl Egbert, Hannah Epp, Allyson Epperheimer, Andreina Fajardo, Eloisa Farias, Thomas Fiedler, Noel Garabito, Dulce Garcia, Lupe Garcia, Nicole Gonzalez, Ginger Groenig, Nathan Gross, Denise Gunvaldson, Juan Guzman, Chris Harris, Natosha Hernandez, Veronica Herrera, Lisa Hires, Amy Holbrook, Tamra Holder, Kayla Hull, Michelle Ibarra, Mia Kaplan-Lombardi, Karen Kuhn, Lacey Maciel, Elizabeth Marquez, Maria Mata, Leah McGuire, Diane Mendez, Alisha Morgan, Taylor Morrison, Nicole Munoz, Shawn Nelson, Kim Noyola, Victor Ocampo, Julie Pitzer, Heather Queen, Tracy Ratliff, Brianna Rodriguez, Krystyna Romero Morales, Veronica Santana, Kyle Schlichting, Valerie Spielman, Julie Stanley, Mark Stoffer, Sarah Thompson, Perry Thornton, Lidia Valle Tavares, Alejandro Villafan, Emily Vinsant, Brittnee Wallace, and Kira Withrow.
Volunteers: Jean Brekke, Stacey Calvert, Summer Clark, Joan Dufault, and Robert McChesney.
Community Partner: Melinda Clarke, ESD 105.
Also, this year the nine retirees thus far being honored for their Selah service during the Best of the Best Ceremony are: Irma Alcala, Dionicio Badillo, Jeff Blain, Don Davenport, Diana Durand, Mindy Forbes, MariJo Grubenhoff, Reggie Hull, Frank Maycock, Carolyn Olson, Jean Pearson, Chris Scacco, and Gay Thompson.
Congratulations 2025-2026 Best of the Best nominees and retirees!
