Congrats to our 2025-26 OZcar Staff of the Year Winners

Congratulations to our 2025-26 OZcar Staff of the Year winners for each building! Ozark School District is blessed to have such a passionate, caring and supportive staff. While these are the building winners, dozens more staff members were nominated. The District winners will be chosen from these building winners and will be announced in August.

Learning Team Support Staff of the Year

• Tiger Paw - Kristine Drane, Physical Therapist
• North - Sophie Hall, Paraprofessional
• South - Erika McKnight, Nurse
• East - Kara Scott, Instructional Coach 
• West - Abby Gentry, Nurse
• OMS - Tina White, Nurse
• OJH - Katherine Morrison, Instructional Coach
• OHS - Mitchel Furtkamp, Counselor

Operations Division/Business Team Support Staff of the Year

• Tiger Paw - Heather Carsten, Custodial Coordinator
• North - Mark Miller, Custodial Coordinator
• South - Martha Combs, Bus Driver
• East - Jerry Maggard, Custodian
• West - Cassandra Ware, Kitchen Manager
• OMS - Alison Laws, Administrative Assistant
• OJH - Randy Schuder, Custodial Coordinator
• OHS - Wendy Kellett, Custodian
• District - Amelia Wigton, Communications Specialist

Teacher of the Year

• Tiger Paw - Kara George, Preschool Teacher
• North - Amanda Etter, Fourth Grade Teacher 
• South - Valerie DeMoss, Fourth Grade Teacher 
• East - Kate Strohm, Fourth Grade Teacher 
• West - Jill Tomczyk, Fourth Grade Teacher  
• OMS -  Gwen Gerard, English Teacher
• OJH - Carlie Frye-Kantao, Special Education Teacher 
• OHS - Shelby Bunn, Science Teacher