The Cedar Hill Independent School District honored its staff and employees recently with the annual CHISD Leadership & Service Awards.

Cedar Hill High School Health Sciences Teacher Dominique Webster earned the TI Foundation/CHEF STEM Teacher of the Year. Webster became the first high school-level educator to win the award, now in its fourth year. She receives a $10,000 prize – half for the classroom and half for personal use.

Lake Ridge Elementary School Teacher Angel DeLeon became the first LRE Teacher this decade to win Tag Team Tutoring/CHEF CHISD Elementary School Teacher of the Year.

Permenter Middle School Mathematics Teacher Alisha Cooks became the third Permenter Teacher in six years to win Tag Team Tutoring/CHEF CHISD Secondary Teacher of the Year.

DeLeon and Cooks were each presented with a $1,500 check. Each of the other Campus Teacher of the Year received a $250 check.

Instructional Technologist and longtime CHISD employee Tracey Willyard won the prestigious Frost Bank/CHEF Monica Kenney Excellence Award. The award is named in honor of a longtime CHEF Board Member and Frost Bank Executive who passed away unexpectedly in 2023. The award comes with a $2,000 prize.

Lake Ridge’s LaTosha Brown earned the CHEF Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year honor and CHEF Secondary Assistant Principal of the Year Jeremy Taulton(Cedar Hill High School) were presented with $750 checks.

Dr. Trevena Nelson (Plummer) and Dr. Katrina Lemons (Permenter) were named CHEF Elementary and Secondary Principals of the Year, respectively. They each earned $1,500.