Burbank Council PTA celebrated volunteers, teachers and administration at the organization’s annual Burbank Council Honorary Service Awards event at Pickwick Gardens on April 20.
“We honored 62 recipients for their kindness and dedication to our children from all of the Burbank schools,” stated Brenda Burroughs, Burbank PTA Council Honorary Service Award Chairperson. “This is such a lovely event that honors people who dedicate so much time to the service of our children.”
“The PTA Honorary Service Awards are designed as a unique way for PTA units, councils, and districts to publicly acknowledge both individuals and organizations for outstanding community service to children and youth in a community,” she added.
“All funds collected with this program are used exclusively to support the California State PTA scholarship and grant programs.”
This program offers six different types of awards:
Very Special Person Award (VSP) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for their service to PTA.
Honorary Service Award (HSA) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for outstanding service to children and youth in your community, going above and beyond what is asked of them.
Continuing Service Award (CSA) – This award is given to recognize an individual or organization for ongoing or long-time service to children and youth, providing support year after year.
Outstanding Teacher Award (OTA) – This award may be given to recognize a teacher for outstanding service to children and youth through PTA, school, or community.
Outstanding Administrator Award (OAA) – This award may be given to recognize an administrator for outstanding service to children and youth through PTA, school, or the community.
Golden Oak Service Award (GOSA) – This award is given to recognize, as the most prestigious of the Honorary Service Awards, an individual or organization that has made significant contributions to the welfare of children and youth in a school or community.
Bret Harte Elementary PTA
Andrea Aceves, Honorary Service Award
Lisa Crystal, Honorary Service Award
Dennise Gil, Honorary Service Award
Patty Reinoso, Honorary Service Award
George Washington Elementary PTA
Leslie Collins, Continuing Service Award
Amanda Smedley, Very Special Person Award
Aylin Ghookhassian, Honorary Service Award
Suzan Khajo, Honorary Service Award
Cara Cruz, Honorary Service Award
Joaquin Miller Elementary PTA
Shylo Choe, Honorary Service Award
Guillermo Carvajal, Honorary Service Award
Jamie Sanchez, Honorary Service Award
Providencia Elementary PTA
Gabriella Bonino, Honorary Service Award
Sharyn Gersh, Honorary Service Award
Theodore Roosevelt Elementary PTA
Ana Connell, Honorary Service Award
Nicole Kvarda, Honorary Service Award
Erin Kelly Park, Honorary Service Award
Melisa Lomet, Honorary Service Award
R. L. Stevenson Elementary PTA
Janine Dowers, Honorary Service Award
Clyde Carpenter, Honorary Service Award
Karen Carter, Honorary Service Award
Mark Kaim, Honorary Service Award
Jennifer Moore, Honorary Service Award
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary PTA
Paul Kim, Honorary Service Award
Maureen Williams Baer, Continuing Service Award
Diane Franco, Honorary Service Award
Katie Hall, Honorary Service Award
Thomas Edison Elementary PTA
Lydia Reid, Honorary Service Award
Lisa Cates, Honorary Service Award
Dora Jaramillo, Honorary Service Award
Julie Williams, Honorary Service Award
Thomas Jefferson Elementary PTA
Michele Higginbotham, Continuing Service Award
Harriet Pape, Honorary Service Award
Ladan Aram (Nana), Honorary Service Award
Kristi Chase, Honorary Service Award
Walt Disney Elementary PTA
David Dobson, Golden Oak Award
Christina Ellixson, Continuing Service Award
Denise Dang, Honorary Service Award
Jennifer Klein, Very Special Person Award
William McKinley Elementary PTA
Lisa Brennan, Honorary Service Award
Colleen Elkins, Honorary Service Award
Dru Smith, Honorary Service Award
Sarah Terry, Honorary Service Award
David Starr Jordan Middle School PTSA
Sarah Reed, Outstanding Teacher Award
Jarrod Hettler, Honorary Service Award
Monique Kaloustian, Continuing Service Award
John Muir Middle School PTA
Dr. Greg Miller, Outstanding Administrator Award
Carol Briggs, Continuing Service Award
Luther Burbank Middle School PTSA
Brenda Burroughs, Continuing Service Award
Stefanie Enokian, Outstanding Teacher Award
Burbank High School PTSA
Cindy Jaeger, Honorary Service Award
Lauren Longeretta, Honorary Service Award
Coy Allen, Honorary Service Award
Stephanie Slocombe, Honorary Service Award
John Burroughs High School PTSA
Emily Pierce, Outstanding Teacher Award
Susan Vander Borght, Honorary Service Award
Jane LeGate-Clarke, Continuing Service Award
Linda Rosen, Golden Oak Service Award
Burbank Council PTA
Marsha Ramos, Honorary Service Award
Brian Kaplun, JBHS 201, Honorary Service Award
Jessica Little, JBHS 2014, Honorary Service Award
Susie Miller, BHS 2015, Honorary Service Award
