There are employees across Killeen ISD in every job working hard to make a difference, celebrating the best of times, and digging in when challenges arise.
 
Superintendent John Craft and Assistant Superintendent David Manley recently awarded the first batch of the district’s re-vamped employee of the month awards.
 
Communications and Marketing, the Education Foundation, and Human Resources joined teams from eight different campuses to acknowledge outstanding employees and to present the STEEL Awards.
 
The circular awards are hand-made of steel, crafted by students in the KISD Career Center welding classes, and polished in the automotive classes.
 
The award name is also an acronym – Supporting the Education and Empowerment of Learners.
 
The group made a stop on its route at the Career Center to thank the students who fabricated the steel used in the STEEL awards.
 
Tough, long-lasting, resilient and consistent, the award personifies each recipient, Craft pointed out in presenting the honors.
 
Each month, the district will announce a pair of STEEL Award winners.

Read about the first honorees here: www.killeenisd.org/kisd_steel_awards_february_2022 

Student Journalist Johnnie Johnson spoke with welding instructor John Bridenstine about the work his students are doing for the school district's new STEEL award.