Wayne Highlands MS
Wayne Highlands SD · Honesdale, PA
Top Teacher at Wayne Highlands MS
Summer Barrouk
Getting StartedSpecial Ed, Middle Level English, 7-9 Teacher
All Teachers at Wayne Highlands MS
Ranked by total notes received
- 1Summer BarroukSpecial Ed, Middle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 2Kathryn BeiselArt, Secondary (7-12)0+0 wk
- 3Gerard BurnsAssistant or Vice Middle School Principal0+0 wk
- 4Valray CheripkoMiddle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 5Jay D'AmbrosioMiddle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 6Gretchen FinneyHome Economics0+0 wk
- 7Jenna GeorgeElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 8Andrea GigliottiMiddle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 9Brian GillowHealth and Physical Education, Secondary, 7-120+0 wk
- 10Ernest GriffisTechnology Education, Secondary, 7-120+0 wk
- 11Courtney HopkinsMiddle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 12Laura IrwinSpecial Ed, Resource PreK-120+0 wk
- 13Casey JenningsSpecial Ed, Resource PreK-120+0 wk
- 14Nicolas JoyalElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 15John KretschmerElementary Principal0+0 wk
- 16Christine KwiatkowskiMiddle Level English, 7-90+0 wk
- 17Caroline MarinoElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 18Karen MartinElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 19Susan McdermottHealth and Physical Education, Secondary, 7-120+0 wk
- 20Rembert MeszlerMusic, Secondary, 7-120+0 wk
- 21Benjamin MonahanMiddle Level Mathematics, 7-90+0 wk
- 22Jennifer O'DayMiddle Level Social Studies, 7-90+0 wk
- 23Christopher PiaseckiIndustrial Arts/Technology Education0+0 wk
- 24Skye RickardSpecial Ed, Resource PreK-120+0 wk
- 25Barbara RoddaMiddle Level Science, 7-90+0 wk
- 26Haley RoofElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 27Amber RuozzoElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 28Paul RussickBiology0+0 wk
- 29Sayra SamuelsElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 30Brenda SchweighoferSpecial Ed, Resource PreK-120+0 wk
- 31Erica UhrinMiddle Level Mathematics, 7-90+0 wk
- 32Salvatore ValerioElementary, Intermediate Grades 4-60+0 wk
- 33Renee VansickleMiddle Level Social Studies, 7-90+0 wk
What Kind of Appreciation Does Wayne Highlands MS Send?
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Wayne Highlands MS in Honesdale, PA is part of the NoteVUE teacher appreciation community, where students, parents, and alumni send anonymous digital notes to educators who have made a lasting difference in their lives. With 0 notes sent to 0 teachers and counting, Wayne Highlands MS has built a measurable culture of gratitude that reflects the dedication of its educators and the appreciation of its community.
Wayne Highlands SD, which oversees Wayne Highlands MS, serves thousands of students across the region. Within this district, Wayne Highlands MS stands out as a school where appreciation is actively expressed — not just assumed. Teachers here receive notes that span the full emotional spectrum of gratitude: from heartfelt thanks for staying after school to help a struggling student, to recognition of the creative energy a teacher brings to every lesson, to real-talk acknowledgments from former students who only years later understood the impact their teacher had on their trajectory.
The NoteVUE platform operates on a simple but powerful principle: appreciation should be easy, permanent, and specific. Easy, because anyone can send a note in under 60 seconds with no account required. Permanent, because notes stay on a teacher's public wall forever — a digital record of impact that teachers can revisit on their hardest days. Specific, because students choose from four emotional vibes (grateful, inspired, proud, and real talk) and write a personal message, ensuring that what teachers receive feels genuine rather than generic.
How NoteVUE Works for Schools Like Wayne Highlands MS
For a school like Wayne Highlands MS, NoteVUE functions as both a recognition platform and a culture measurement tool. Every note sent to a teacher here is a data point — a signal from the community about who is making a difference and how. School leaders can see in real time which teachers are receiving the most appreciation, what emotional themes resonate most with students, and how engagement is trending week over week. This data doesn't replace human judgment, but it adds a layer of signal that no annual staff survey can capture.
Teachers at Wayne Highlands MS who claim their NoteVUE walls become part of a public recognition system that extends beyond the walls of the school. When a parent shares a teacher's wall link on social media, or when a former student sends a note years after graduation, the appreciation circle expands. This kind of asynchronous, ongoing recognition is particularly powerful for educators, who often work in isolation — behind closed classroom doors — without knowing whether their effort is landing.
The milestone badge system rewards teachers at Wayne Highlands MS as they accumulate notes: Bronze for 10 notes, Silver for 25, Gold for 50, and Legend for 100 or more. These badges appear on teacher walls and on the school's leaderboard profile, creating a visible record of recognition milestones. When a teacher crosses a milestone, they receive a notification — a moment of acknowledgment in a profession where acknowledgment is all too rare.
Bringing NoteVUE to Wayne Highlands MS: A Guide for Principals
Principals and administrators at schools like Wayne Highlands MS are increasingly using NoteVUE as a low-cost, high-impact teacher retention tool. In an era when teacher burnout and turnover are at historic highs, the data is clear: teachers who feel appreciated stay longer, perform better, and mentor more effectively. NoteVUE creates a scalable system for appreciation that doesn't require a principal to personally recognize every teacher every week.
The adoption playbook at Wayne Highlands MS and schools like it typically starts with a brief announcement at a staff meeting: the principal introduces NoteVUE, explains that students and families can send anonymous appreciation notes, and invites every teacher to claim their wall. This takes five minutes. Within a week of the announcement, early-adopter teachers start sharing their wall links in their email signatures and classroom posters, and notes begin flowing in.
The most successful NoteVUE schools pair the platform launch with a specific event: Teacher Appreciation Week, the start of a new semester, or a school anniversary. These events give students a clear prompt and a sense of urgency. Schools that launch during Teacher Appreciation Week consistently see their note counts triple within 10 days of the event, as the social proof of visible appreciation inspires more students to participate. If you're a leader at Wayne Highlands MS and you're reading this, consider this your invitation to take five minutes to explore what NoteVUE can do for your teachers and your school's culture.