Our monthly You Are The Light Celebration recognizes our incredible staff & students for being Trendsetters, Classroom/Community Catalysts, or Quiet Heroes within the Allentown School District.
Our most recent celebration was held on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at South Mountain Middle School and guests were entertained with performances from the South Mountain Middle School Band and South Mountain Middle School Step Team!
Congratulations to the winners in each category listed below:
Trendsetters
- Rebecca Bodnar, Central Elementary School
- Jlyani Borrero, Ritter Elementary School
- Anderson Cox, Raub Middle School
- Jhosanti Encarnacion Jimenez, Jackson Early Childhood Center
- Doreen Gill, Jackson Early Childhood Center
- Ybelka Medina, Union Terrace Elementary School
- Mike Morrell, Facilities Department
- Melissa Novak, Building 21
- Dan Paukovits, Mosser Elementary School
- Jessica Schafer, Muhlenberg Elementary School
- Matt Tumolo, Central Elementary School
- Illianny Vargas, Ruby Bridges Early Childhood Center
Quiet Heroes
- Miguel Bermudez, Roosevelt Elementary School
- Brittany Vargas Paulino, Central Elementary School
- Dainalys Missethe Acevedo Roman, William Allen High School
- Loudia Alshamali, Food Service Department
- Manal Azar, Washington Elementary School
- Tino Babayan, Harrison Morton Middle School
- Ryan Blough, Dieruff High School
- Mercy Borgen, Ruby Bridges Early Childhood Center
- Graciela Cano, Admin Building
- Miguel Del Rosario, Building 21
- Jeremiah Delgado, Trexler Middle School
- Stephanie Fleming-Davis, Hays Elementary School
- Haydelene Gonzalez, Harrison Morton Middle School
- Shayelynn Harper, Dodd Elementary School
- Savannah Harper, Jefferson Elementary School
- Susan Heil, Hays Elementary School
- Jillian Hertzog, William Allen High School
- Sara Ibrahim Khater, Sheridan Elementary School
- Traci Krapf, Ramos Elementary School
- Susanne McMenamy, William Penn / Alternative Education
- Saleijah Musso, South Mountain Middle School
- Veronica Opoku, Facilities Department
- Samantha Piller, Admin Building
- Ameer Pineda, Dieruff High School
- Dalylah Ramirez, Virtual Campus
- Kara Rasco, Sheridan Elementary School
- Amaya Reyes Pacheco, Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
- Arelys Roldan Solis, Ramos Elementary School
- Richard Seaman, Trexler Middle School
- Camila Suarez Jerez, Muhlenberg Elementary School
- Samuel Thomas, William Penn/ Alternative Education
- Rowan Velasquez, Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy
- Nicholas Walker, Mosser Elementary School
Classroom/Community Catalysts
- Auria Able, Washington Elementary School
- Jill Arington, South Mountain Middle School
- Ryan Baker, Roosevelt Elementary School
- Judy Buda, Jefferson Elementary School
- Elizabeth Cameron, Dodd Elementary School
- Colleen Fisher, Ritter Elementary School
- James Kayal, GAIN Program
- Michelle Kern, Lehigh Parkway Elementary School
- Celia Schmidt, Sonia Sotomayor Dual Language Immersion Academy
- Sophia Shoemaker, Union Terrace Elementary School
- Adrian Swift, Raub Middle School