Congratulations to our awesome custodian Celia Gomez Osegueda who was recognized as the FCPS 2021 Region 1 Outstanding School-Based Operational Employee and one of the six finalists for the FCPS Outstanding School-Based Operational Employee at this year's FCPS Honors event, held at Jiffy Lube Live on June 9th.

Celia is incredibly kind, caring, hard-working, and highly respected among the staff, students, and families of the Dogwood community. She is a champion of the students and easily builds relationships with them. She is a trusted adult for many, especially native Spanish-speakers and new-to-the-country students. Celia also forms meaningful relationships with parents and families, who seek out connections with her as a trusted member of the school community. She takes pride in leading the increased cleaning and disinfection of the building to ensure that Dogwood did not have any cases of COVID-19 during the height of the global pandemic. Her care for the students, staff, and families is unmatched, she is truly a treasure to Dogwood Elementary School.

• View Ms. Gomez Osegueda's page on the FCPS website

Congratulations to our following staff members who were also recognized at this year's FCPS Honors Ceremony!

Outstanding Elementary New Teacher School and Pyramid-Level Recipient

• Morgan Farber, Art Teacher

Outstanding School-Based Professional Employee School-Level Recipient

• Kelly Sweeney, School Psychologist

Outstanding Elementary Teacher School and Pyramid-Level Recipient

• Jenny Chou Silverio, Learning Disabilities Teacher

Thank you to Graciela Miranda for all of her hard work with the nomination process by serving as this year's awards liaison.