The Sidney Central District held its annual Rider of the Year ceremony at the Transportation Center on Wednesday, June 10.
The ceremony honors some of the district’s top student riders.
In its 23rd year, the Outstanding Rider Program selects top riders each month, as well as the year-end awards. Students are chosen by their respective drivers and monitors, who work together to make the selections.
A student must have been selected as one of the monthly winners to be eligible for the year-end award.
Some of the guidelines to earn the monthly award include following bus rules, showing improvement as a rider, or being a positive example on the bus. At the end of the year, the driver selects one of his or her monthly winners to be the Rider of the Year on that bus.
Thirteen students were honored during the ceremony, where drivers take a moment to say a few words to recognize each of the student honorees.
Award winners:
Pictured, from left: Sidney Assistant Superintendent Corey Green, Hannah Calkins, Makenzie Dutton, Hannah Brigham, Abigail Platt, Lauren Hoag, Cody Wheeler, Lucas Carroll, Bradley Marcellus, Bambi Tomas, and Transportation Supervisor Doug Russell.
Missing from photo: Jayden Smith and Haley Smith.
Bus drivers:
Front, from left: Tracy Russell, Don Pierce, Doug Russell, Anne Gordon-Muller, Joy Matthews, and Christina Spencer.
Back, from left: Pam Carney, Paula Cole, Bill Vandermulen, Ed Bishop, Cathy Bethel, Gary Pressler, and Kyle Howard.
The ceremony honors some of the district’s top student riders.
In its 23rd year, the Outstanding Rider Program selects top riders each month, as well as the year-end awards. Students are chosen by their respective drivers and monitors, who work together to make the selections.
A student must have been selected as one of the monthly winners to be eligible for the year-end award.
Some of the guidelines to earn the monthly award include following bus rules, showing improvement as a rider, or being a positive example on the bus. At the end of the year, the driver selects one of his or her monthly winners to be the Rider of the Year on that bus.
Thirteen students were honored during the ceremony, where drivers take a moment to say a few words to recognize each of the student honorees.
Award winners:
Pictured, from left: Sidney Assistant Superintendent Corey Green, Hannah Calkins, Makenzie Dutton, Hannah Brigham, Abigail Platt, Lauren Hoag, Cody Wheeler, Lucas Carroll, Bradley Marcellus, Bambi Tomas, and Transportation Supervisor Doug Russell.
Missing from photo: Jayden Smith and Haley Smith.
Bus drivers:
Front, from left: Tracy Russell, Don Pierce, Doug Russell, Anne Gordon-Muller, Joy Matthews, and Christina Spencer.
Back, from left: Pam Carney, Paula Cole, Bill Vandermulen, Ed Bishop, Cathy Bethel, Gary Pressler, and Kyle Howard.