Catholic school leadership award nominations sought

Nominations for the 2025 Catholic school leadership awards – the Excellence in Education Award and the Good Shepherd Award - are now being sought.

The Excellence in Education Award is given to teachers who emphasize Catholic identity and academic excellence in their classrooms and serve as a role model to their students and peers. Theses award recipients must be teachers who have been in any of the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Sioux City for five consecutive years or more and remains employed at the time of the announcement of the award.
 
The Good Shepherd Award is for any school employee who is a witness to their faith inside and outside of the school and has a joyful passion for serving their community. This recipient must have been employed in any of the Catholic schools for five consecutive years or more and remains employed at the of the award announcement. Previous recipients have included school administrators, principals, administrative assistants, custodians, etc.
 
Those wishing to make a nomination can CLICK HERE for more details about the award and for a nomination form.  
 
Anyone can nominate another person for either of the two awards. Examples include teachers nominate fellow teachers, PTO organizations nominate school employees, parishioners nominate fellow teachers and/or employees.  Parents are encouraged to submit nominations.
 
There is a three-part process for nominations that includes:

• A completed form that consists of three questions on how this nominee has gone above and beyond for the schools. 
• A secondary nominator also needs to complete this form 
• A third completed nomination form from the building principal, president or parish pastor, unless the nomination is for the school principal. 

For 2024 nominations, documents are kept on file and can be resubmitted for the 2025 awards. For those who wish to re-nominate, they can complete a re-nomination form available at link listed above.

Awards will be announced at the 2025 Diocesan Ministries Conference in the fall.
The deadline for nomination submissions is March 31.

(In the photo: Bishop Walker Nickless poses with the 2024 award recipients.)