Awards to honor champions of education


The Simi Valley Education Foundation will honor recipients of the Lew Roth Award during a ceremony at 6 p.m. Fri., Jan. 19 at the Grand Vista Hotel, 999 Enchanted Way, Simi Valley.

The foundation was formed in 1989 by Roth, a Simi Valley School Board Trustee for 23 years.

The annual dinner recognizes individuals and businesses for extraordinary service to the students of the Simi Valley Unified School District.

Here’s a list of the award categories, and the respective winners, for the 2017-18 school year:

Management, Dr. Jason Peplinski of the Simi Valley Unified School District.

Certificated, Robert Willging of Royal High School

Classified, Andrea Robinson, SVUSD Food Services

Special Education, Lee Maisch, Valley View Middle School

Volunteers, Rachel Ford, Sinaloa Middle School and Liz Hart, Simi Valley High

Lifetime Achievement, Sally Reimers, Sinaloa Middle School

Business Award goes to Studio Movie Grill

In Memoriam, Susan Smith.

The community is invited to attend the presentation. Tickets are $55. For more information or tickets, go to svef.org, call (877) SIMI-KID or email info@svef.org.