Awards were handed to a number of Webster Parish students and staff during Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Recipients include students, teachers, principals and support staff in each of the parish’s 14 schools, plus winners of parish-wide honors in each category.

Parish Principals of the Year were John Lyons, North Webster High School, Gwenzetta Bradford, North Webster Jr. High and  Tina Benjamin, J.A. Phillips Elementary.

Parish Students of the Year were Owen Waggoner (Central Elementary), 5th grade; Taylor Slaton (Webster Jr. High), 8th grade; Topher Wilson (Minden High) 12th grade.

Parish Teachers of the Year are Anna Gray (Lakeside Jr/Sr   High), high school; Tamika Harrion (Webster Jr. High), junior high); Stephanie Joslin (J.A. Phillips), elementary.

Parish winner in Support Person of the Year is Earnest Jones (Lakeside Jr/Sr High).

Each school in the parish system also named winners. Those were:

• Brown Upper Elementary: Teacher, Nakeya Markray;  Student, Jude Cox; Support, Tia Davis.
• Browning Elementary: Teacher, Jennifer Brooks; Support, Shontralica Hawkins.
• Central Elementary: Teacher, Stephanie Pitman; Student, Owen Waggoner; Support, Molly Griffith.
• Doyline (K-12): Teachers Faith McIver, Sterling Bailey and Don Watson. Students Drake Sparish, Carlie Rogers and Shandavion Martin. Support, Bobby Anderson.
• J.L. Jones: Teacher, Leontyne Jones; Support, Heather Basinger.
• Lakeside Jr/Sr High: Teachers, Emily Maness and Anna Gray. Students, MacKenzie Snider and Brock Case. Support, Earnest Jones.
• Minden High: Teacher, Jarmen Hill. Student, Topher Wilson. Support Dontavious Shyne.
• Phillips Elementary: Teacher, Stephanie Joslin. Support, Tammy Guice.
• Richardson Elementary: Teacher, Kelcey Elmendorf. Student, Caylee Harris. Support, Melanie Barnett.
• North Webster Lower Elementary: Teacher, Elizabeth Holloway. Support, Victoria Hanson.
• North Webster Upper Elementary: Teacher, Raven Berry. Student, Kyler Gilbert. Support, Robin Wynne.
• North Webster Jr. High: Teacher, Samantha Lewis. Student, Annabeth Thomas. Support, April Ingle.
• North Webster High: Teacher, William McGee. Student, Hudson Smith. Support, Antonious Jenkins.
• Webster Jr. High: Teacher, Tamikia Harrison. Student, Taylor Slaton. Support, Mary Cornelious.