Breckenridge school board honors Students and Staff of the Month, and Bus Driver of the Year

Breckenridge Independent School District honored the Students and Staff of the Month, as well as the Bus Driver of the Year, at the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, April 14.
The students of the month are: Bristol Reyes, East Elementary; Jacob Jeffcoat, South Elementary; Wyatt Wimberley, Breckenridge Junior High School; and, Karsyn Smalley, Breckenridge High School.
The staff members of the month are: Diana McLane, East Elementary; Jennifer Bills, South Elementary; Kendalyn Hinson, BJHS; and Kim Walker, BHS.
Additionally, Larry Miller was named the 2024-25 BISD Bus Driver of the Year.

Larry Miller was presented with the 2024-25 BISD Bus Driver of the Year award by Breckenridge Junior High Principal Laura Gibson, who has ridden on Miller’s bus as a monitor. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Head Start student Bristol Reyes was honored as the East Elementary Student of the Month at the April 14 BISD school board meeting by Principal Shannon Deen. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Fourth-grader Jacob Jeffcoat received the Student of the Month certificate for April from South Elementary Principal Patricia Gonzalez. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

BHS senior Karsyn Smalley was honored as the April Student of the Month by Principal Paul Armstrong. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Diana McLane, a special education teacher, at right, was honored as the East Elementary Staff Member of the Month for April by Principal Shannon Deen. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

South Elementary paraprofessional Jennifer Bills, left, was honored as the April Staff Member of the Month by Principal Patricia Gonzalez. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Junior high substitute teacher Kendalyn Hinson, left, was honored as the BJHS Staff Member of the Month for April by Principal Laura Gibson. Wyatt Wimberley, the BJHS Student of the Month, wasn’t available for a photo at the school board meeting. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)

Breckenridge High School teacher Kim Walker, right, was presented with the April Staff Member of the Month certificate by Principal Paul Armstrong. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)
Cutline, top photo: East Elementary Principal Shannon Deen reads some of the reason that Bristol Reyes was chosen as Student of the Month. She is a role model for her classmates and always arrives at school with a smile and a positive attitude, Deen said about Bristol. (Photo by Tony Pilkington/Breckenridge Texan)