Recognize a school custodian for the great work they do to reduce waste at school!
Every year since 2012, Castro Valley Sanitary District (CVSan) has recognized custodians with awards for the great work they do at Castro Valley schools to practice the 4Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle, and rot) and for educating students and staff to do the same.
CVSan’s Custodian Recognition 2023
CVSan recognized all school custodians with a presentation and luncheon on Friday, July 7th at Canyon Middle School. The following custodians were recognized at the event with special awards for their outstanding work to reduce waste at their schools:
Reduce and Reuse Award - Kenny Wong of Castro Valley High School
Good Green Attitude Award - Larry Kleinschmidt of Jensen Ranch Elementary School 
Dan Curry Program of the Year Award - John Gaffett of Chabot Elementary School
Here are all of the Custodian Awards presented by CVSan to Castro Valley school custodians over the years. Please say thank you to your custodian for the work they to reduce waste and a special thanks if they have won an award for it!
All Custodian Recognition Awards:
2012
Custodial Educator of the Year – Rosa Wu of Stanton Elementary School
Custodial Partner of the Year – Darrell Lee of Marshall Elementary School
Dan Curry Custodial Program of the Year – Matt Dunn and Dan Poulos of Independent Elementary School
2013
Custodian Recycling Partner of the Year – John Rosa of Proctor Elementary School
Food Scrap Recycling Custodian Partner of the Year – Dan Poulos of Redwood High School
Dan Curry Custodian Program of the Year – Steve Birmingham and Marta Waste of Canyon Middle School
2014
Custodian Organics Program of the Year – Joe, Jay, Brad, Kenny, Hai, Dave, Gloria, Vince, J.R. and James of Castro Valley High School
Custodian Recycling Educator of the Year – Fred Meyer of Chabot Elementary School
Dan Curry Custodian Program of the Year – Tim Deforrest of Creekside Middle School
2015
Custodian 4R Partners of the Year – Team A and Team B of the Night Crew at Castro Valley Unified School District
Custodian Recycling Partner of the Year – John Gaffett of Jensen Ranch Elementary School
Dan Curry Custodian Program of the Year – Marta Waste of Castro Valley Elementary School
2016
Custodian Educator of the Year – Marcus Baker of Stanton Elementary School
Custodian 4Rs Partner of the Year – Randolf Paguio of Canyon Middle School
Dan Curry Custodian Program of the Year – Rob Aguilar of Castro Valley Adult and Career Education School
2017
Recycling Partner of the Year – Jarvis Hubble of Jensen Ranch Elementary School
Food Scrap Recycling Partner of the Year – George Hughes of Canyon Middle School
Dan Curry Program of the Year – Will McHugh of Palomares Elementary School
2018
Good Green Attitude – Bryan Fitsimmons of Castro Valley High School
4Rs Educator of the Year – Aaron Ackerman of Castro Valley Elementary School and Castro Valley High School
Dan Curry Program of the Year – John Rosa of Proctor Elementary School
2019
Good Green Attitude – Stafont Smith of Vannoy Elementary School
4Rs Educator of the Year – Kim Cannon of Independent Elementary School
Dan Curry Program of the Year – Darrell Lee of Marshall Elementary School
2020
4Rs Educator of the Year – Mario Baker of Castro Valley Elementary School
Good Green Attitude – Rob Aguilar of Castro Valley Adult and Career Education School
Dan Curry Program of the Year – Vince Sly and Castro Valley High School Team
2021
Good Green Attitude – Tim Deforrest of Creekside Middle School
Reduce and Reuse – Anita Orosco of Castro Valley High School
2022
4Rs Educator of the Year – Dennis Carter of Palomares Elementary School
Good Green Attitude – Mark Carroll of Stanton Elementary School
Dan Curry Program of the Year –Stafont Smith and Alex Panconi of Vannoy Elementary School
Thank you to all custodians working on waste reduction in Castro Valley Schools.
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