Willowbrook presents 2025-26 fourth-quarter Outstanding Students and Outstanding Teacher

On April 9, 12 Willowbrook students were recognized as Outstanding Students for the fourth quarter of the 2025-26 school year.

Criteria to be chosen for that award include:

• Demonstrating extraordinary achievement, outstanding effort, commendable attitude and motivation
  
  
• Ability to overcome obstacles
  
  
• Continuous exemplary performance

During the event, Willowbrook Principal Dr. Daniel Krause and Assistant Principal Dr. Jamie Gourley welcomed the recipients and their families, as well as the staff members who nominated the honorees.

The Outstanding Students are:

Art: Freshman Cody Davis

Career and Technical Education (CTE): Senior Cole Krueger

English: Freshman Jumanah Al-Edwan        

Learning services: Junior Yaretzy Martinez

Literacy: Freshman Daniel Dale

Math: Junior Shazia Khaleel

Music: Senior Shannon Freer

Physical Education: Freshman Amanda Vega

Science: Freshman Siddharth Badri

Social Studies: Senior Ruth McNeilly

Warrior Resource Center (WRC): Junior Ermon Stanback

World Languages: Sophomore Shem Rodrigues

Willowbrook social studies teacher Bianca Neff (pictured above) received the Outstanding Teacher award and was presented by Willowbrook junior Emily Sain and freshman Leah Williams. To earn the Outstanding Teacher award, a staff member must treat teaching as a passion – not just a job, create a positive learning environment where students feel encouraged and supported, use a variety of strategies to engage students, be willing to offer extra support when needed, provide prompt and effective feedback to students on their learning, and relate to and understand the viewpoints and perspectives of students.