By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

O’Loughlin Elementary School administrative assistant Terri Tramel and Hays High School junior Meredith Martin are April’s USD 489’s Best of the Best honorees.

Both received their awards Monday at the USD 489 Board of Education meeting.

Tramel was nominated by O’Loughlin teacher Sonya Herl.

“(Terri) always helps everyone at school. … She drops everything right there and helps you and she does it with a smile,” Herl said, adding it was Tramel who coordinated O’Loughlin’s Walking School Bus in the fall of 2014 and again this spring.

First Walking School Bus, Fall 2014

Martin was nominated by HHS business teacher Susie Stark for volunteering her time to help with HHS events and public service projects by using her artistic skills to design tickets and promotional materials for school, Downtown Hays Development Corp. and Hays Rotary Club events.

“She takes on anything,” Stark said.

Tramel and Jennings were awarded a trophy and a $50 dining gift certificate.

For more information or to nominate a USD 489 staff or student for the May awards, click HERE.