Faculties at local high schools have received awards from their schools recently.
Cindi Baughman, Assumption High School’s assistant principal and dean of students, received the Rose Award, a $5,000 grant endowed by an anonymous donor, during the school’s Thanksgiving prayer service Nov. 24.
The award recognizes “an Assumption employee who has been a positive influence,” said a statement from the school. Baughman has served at Assumption for 38 years — as a teacher for 21 years. She developed the school’s emergency management plan and founded the Mercy Ambassadors Exchange Program.
St. Xavier High School’s Alan Donhoff, the athletic director, and John Jefferson, a math teacher, were honored with the Theodore James Ryken Award during a Mass Dec. 3 celebrating the feast of St. Francis Xavier.
The Ryken Award, named after the founder of the Xaverian Brothers, “is given to a St. X faculty or staff member who dedicates his or her life to furthering the mission of a Xaverian education,” said a statement from the school.
The recipients must also demonstrate a commitment to proclaiming the Gospel, participating in the school’s community of faith and for nurturing members of the community, the statement said.
