QPS Foundation honors staff, alumni and friends at Night to Dream Big

QUINCY – The Quincy Public Schools Foundation had its 10^th annual Night to Dream Big Gala at the Ambiance in Quincy on Friday as part of the Dream Big annual campaign fundraiser, including the announcement of Max Mosley as the 2022 Dream Big Staff Choice Award winner.

The Dream Big Staff Choice Award is s reserved for the person selected through a peer-nomination and then community voting process. The nomination process was opened up to all staff of Quincy Public Schools. The nominee with the highest number of votes at each school location then moved on to the community voting process.

Other contenders for the award were:

• Sharadan Parks, Early Childhood & Family Center;
• Denise Poland, Baldwin Elementary School;
• Erica Corriveau, Denman Elementary School;
• Andrea Eckhardt, Iles Elementary School;
• Erin Saalborn, Lincoln-Douglas Elementary School;
• Erin Armbruster, Rooney Elementary School;
• Karen Wuestenfeld, Quincy Junior High School;
• Sharon Ausmus, The Academy;
• Lisa Machold, QAVTC; and
• Kim Dinkheller, Board of Education Office.

Mosley is the student services and family liaison at Quincy High School. He has served at the high school for 26 years.

The Dream Big Award was posthumously bestowed upon Richard “Dick” Heitholt. The Dream Big Award is a reserved honor, presented to a small, distinguished group of people who have shown an outstanding level of support for the Quincy Public Schools. Heitholt was the principal of Quincy High School for 25 years and was credited for helping to launch “Education by Choice” in Quincy.

The recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award is Ryan Jude Tanner, graduate of the QHS class of 1997. Tanner received the inaugural award for his many accomplishments, including his work as an award-winning Broadway veteran and local business owner.