The Superintendent’s Work Hard and Be Nice Award

The Work Hard and Be Nice award recognizes distinct and extraordinary accomplishments of St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) employees in connection with official employment. Dedicated employees clearly contribute to the success of the school system and its children. Award recipients enhance both the success and the reputation of our school system through their extraordinary actions.

 

Dr. Michael J. Martirano, Superintendent of Schools, will acknowledge these outstanding employees with a certificate, recognition, and a well deserved "Thank you" letter. The names of recipients will be read aloud at Board of Education Meetings.

Nomination Form

A quarterly prize drawing will be held. Two people will be selected from the pool of award recipients to receive a small prize.

 

Criteria

 

The person nominated must be an employee of SMCPS who:

  • has demonstrated extraordinary behavior well beyond daily roles and responsibilities.

  • significantly impacted students, staff, or community.

  • made a superior contribution of time/effort to the success of a project.

  • shown exceptional participation or leadership in a regular or special assignment.

  • shown exceptional participation or leadership in responding to an emergency situation.

 

  

Nomination Process

  • Any SMCPS employee can be nominated by anyone.
  • A nomination form should be submitted to Dr. Michael J. Martirano, Office of the Superintendent, which contains the name, position, and work location of the employee, along with a description of events and actions performed by the employee related to the award.

Approval Process

  • A recognition committee will review nominations and provide recommendations to the Superintendent.
  • Award recipients will be notified by the Superintendent’s Office.

 
Winners of the Work Hard and Be Nice Award

 

The St. Mary’s County Public School System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, marital status or sexual orientation, national origin, religion or disability in matters affecting employment or in providing access to programs.