Announcing our Nominees for Hartford Public Schools Paraeducator of the Year 2024
Please join us in congratulating our Top Twelve Nominees for Hartford Public Schools Paraeducator of the Year 2024! Our winner will be announced on May 3, 2022. (Pictured above is last year’s Winner, Diane Vargas of SAND School.)
| First Name | Last Name | School |
| Alicea | Jenkins | Breakthrough North Magnet School |
| Vivian | Bennett | Global Communications Academy |
| Marta | Cotto | SAND School |
| Jalixa | Serrano | Latino Studies Academy at Burns Schools |
| Rafael | Lugo | M D Fox |
| Ivan | Hernandez | Weaver High School |
| Tammy | Carlson | Hartford Pre-K Magnet School |
| Sheila | Nelson | Wish Museum School |
| Regina | Pinnock | Capital Preparatory Magnet School |
| Ada | Acosta | Classical Magnet School |
| Yesenia | Medina | Montessori Magnet at Batchelder |
| Donika | Vardhami | Naylor School |
Please see all of our nominees for POY 2024.
| First Name | Last Name | School |
| Alicea | Jenkins | Breakthrough North Magnet School |
| Deborah | Beach | Breakthrough South Magnet School |
| Omayra | Velez | Bulkeley High School |
| Jalixa | Serrano | Latino Studies Academy at Burns Schools |
| Eliut | Rivera | Burr Middle School |
| Regina | Pinnock | Capital Preparatory Magnet School |
| Ada | Acosta | Classical Magnet School |
| Carrie | Wilson | Environmental Sciences Magnet at Mary Hooker |
| Gloria | Walker | Expeditionary Learning Academy at Moylan |
| Vivian | Bennett | Global Communications Academy |
| Maria | Aguilera | Hartford Magnet Trinity College Academy |
| Tammy | Carlson | Hartford Pre-K Magnet School |
| Ligia | Flores | Hartford Public High School |
| Linares | Jose | Kennelly School |
| Rafael | Lugo | M D Fox |
| Anais | Maldonado | McDonough Middle School |
| Shanita | Hill | MLK Middle School |
| Yesenia | Medina | Montessori Magnet at Batchelder |
| Donika | Vardhami | Naylor School |
| Isabela | Caban | Noah Webster MicroSociety Magnet School |
| Eboni | Williams | Parkville Community School |
| Shirley | Thompson | Rawson Steam School |
| Joann | Brannigan | Sanchez Elementary School |
| Cotto | Marta | SAND School |
| Kelley | Dipippo | Annie Fisher STEM School |
| Brixhida | Kalluci | Betances STEM School at Burr |
| Ivan | Hernandez | Weaver High School |
| Yainin | Tolentino | West Middle School |
| Sheila | Nelson | Wish Museum School |
Congratulations to all our nominees!
If you have any questions about our Paraeducator of the Year program, please contact:
Janet Serrano
Senior Staffing Specialist
Hartford Public Schools
serrj001@hartfordschools.org
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