2025 Ritenour School District Honors Dinner
When:
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Time:
Appetizers 6-6:30 p.m.
Dinner 6:30 p.m.
Recognition Ceremony to Follow
Where:
Ritenour Auditorium
(at Ritenour High School, 9100 St. Charles Rock Road)
Dinner Includes the Grand Elegance Buffet*:
- Sicilian Roast Beef (Top round of beef carved and served with a jus and horseradish mousse)
- Chicken Parmesan (Italian breaded chicken breast atop homemade marinara sauce, finished with a blend of parmesan, provel and asiago cheeses)
- Garden Cavatappi (Spiral pasta w/fresh spinach and roasted tomatoes in garlic-infused olive oil)
- Potatoes Siciliano (Potatoes thinly sliced with the jackets left on, baked in rows in a butter herb sauce)
- Farm House Green Beans (with smoked bacon and sauteed onions)
- Classic Caesar Salad (Crisp lettuce w/creamy Caesar dressing, parmesan cheese, and house-made croutons)
*If you have special dietary needs, please contact Margarita Kramer-Gunther at guntherm@ritenourschools.org or call (314) 493-6080.
Please R.S.V.P. by completing this form by Wednesday, April 16, 2025:
2025 Ritenour Honors Dinner RSVP
Online Payments
The Ritenour Honors Dinner is an alcohol and smoke-free event.
2025 Honorees
Diamond Circle Teacher of the Year: Elizabeth Harms, Marvin Elementary
Diamond Circle Employee of the Year: Alejandro Tagle, Maintenance
Make A Difference Award: Tavonda Palmer Harvey, Husky Academy
First Class Teacher Award: Julia Christopher, Iveland Elementary
2025 Diamond Circle Award Recipients
Julie Lewis, Buder Elementary
Logan Felder, Iveland Elementary
Nicole Damaso, Kratz Elementary
Maria Gilmore, Marion Elementary
Christina Hardie, Wyland Elementary
Maria Fassett, Hoech Middle School
Dr. Carrie Brumm, Ritenour Middle School
Molly Dahlquist, Ritenour High School
Wilma Higgins, Husky Academy
25-Year Employees
Kent Adams, School for Early Childhood Education
David Appelbaum, Ritenour High School
Stacey Bray, Wyland Elementary
Maggie Drummond, Hoech Middle School
Jennifer Espenschied, Buder Elementary
Louise Haar-Chapman, Ritenour High School
Drew Lohnes, Ritenour High School
Betty Satterley, Ritenour School District
50-Year Employee
Glenn Taylor, Ritenour School District
2024-2025 Retirees
David Appelbaum, Ritenour High School
Brad Black, Hoech Middle School
Michelle Bouknecht, Ritenour Middle School
Stacy Brummet, Hoech Middle School
Marvin Collins, Ritenour Middle School
Joan Clarke, Hoech Middle School
Shelly Givens, Transportation
Laura Jones, Ritenour School District
Pamela Montgomery, Marion Elementary
Tara Murray, Ritenour Middle School
Christina Northrup-Thompson, Ritenour High School
Barbara Perales, Iveland Elementary
Karen Perry, Buder Elementary
Michelle Sagakhaneh, Marion Elementary
Stacy Shipman, Iveland Elementary
Catherine Wade, Ritenour Middle School
Becky Williams, Kratz Elementary
Bethany Williams, Wyland Elementary
Lisa Wirtz-Hampton, Ritenour High School