Local School Volunteers Honored by Pinellas County

Three Dunedin school volunteers have been selected as Outstanding Volunteers of the Year by Pinellas County Schools.

Erin Hensel of , Andrew Wiener of , and Paul Hurtubise of will be honored during a school board meeting Feb. 21, and they will also be recognized at a breakfast in their honor April 26, according to an email from local school officials. 

Here is the complete list of the district's Outstanding Volunteers of the Year:

• Erin Hensel, Dunedin Highland Middle School
• Andrew Wiener, Dunedin Elementary School
• Paul Hurtubise, San Jose Elementary School
• Laurel Jaeger, Clearwater Fundamental School
• Sgt. Marlin Heyward, Boca Ciega High School
• Patricia Marder, Eisenhower Elementary School
• Lauren Adams, Bauder Elementary School
• David Harper, Dixie Hollins Elementary School
• Elizabeth Fultz, Pinellas Park Elementary
• Michael Peabody, Gibbs High School
• Carine Yacoub, Mildred Helms Elementary School
• Eula Thomas, Campbell Park Elementary School
• Kaitlin Dorsey, Cross Bayou Elementary School
• Pamela Iusi, Clearwater High School
• Francine Brickman, Frontier Elementary School
• Ray Edward Miller, Palm Harbor University High School

The Feb. 21 school board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. at the in Largo. The April 26 recognition breakfast will be at 8:30 a.m. at in Clearwater, with a ceremony to follow at 9:30.

Pinellas County Schools has more than 25,000 volunteers who donate more than 1 million hours of service annually to benefit students, according to the district website. Here's how to become a school volunteer.

[Updated 05:35 p.m., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012]