Fox’s Pizza Den-Elizabeth, Colorado

10/21/2026

Congratulations to our Fox’s Pizza Den-Elizabeth, Colorado ESD Staff Star of The Week, Sarah Pope!

This is Sarah's second year working at ESD where she's a K-1 teacher at Running Creek Elementary. Our theme for the nominations are for individuals who demonstrate excellent customer service. Sarah was described as "going out of her way to make sure her students have the tools they need in order to succeed and always being so happy to see her students no matter what."

Upon receiving the recognition, Sarah said that it was a lovely surprise, expressing her excitement and love for helping her students and getting to know parents.

"To me, good customer service means using kindness and being supportive," Sarah says. "It also means being a good listener and giving feedback."

Sarah says her favorite part of the job is being with the kids, helping them understand things and seeing them achieve those lightbulb moments in class.

Sarah received a free entree at Fox's Pizza Den.

Are you seeing examples of good customer service at our school district? If you have employees you would like to nominate, just fill out a brief form here:

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10/14/2026

At last night's ESD Board Meeting, we had a special recognition of two of our employees.

EHS Assistant Principal and Athletic Director John Everhart was recognized for his planning and organization of EHS Homecoming Week. Each year, the planning and ex*****on of that event is a monumental task with every logistical challenge you can imagine. From coordinating meetings with schools and ESD departments to parade planning and mapping, to working with student clubs and athletics, John led the coordination effort and the end result was another fantastic weeklong celebration of all things Elizabeth School District.

Singing Hills Paraprofessional Madi Bahr was recognized for her quick thinking and actions last month in helping a 4th grade student who was choking in the cafeteria during lunch. Madi says on the day it happened, she was on lunch duty and happened to walk past the student right before the incident, she suddenly saw commotion and recognized that the student was signaling for help. Without thinking twice, Madi jumped into action and gave her two or three abdominal thrusts, freeing the student's airway. Paramedics checked on the student and later, the student was happily back in class. Madi says she knew what to do because she went through training with her kids' club and learned CPR.

"I never thought I could do it, but when it happened, adrenaline kicked in and I went for it," she says. "It feels really rewarding to be recognized for this. It feels great knowing that I did the right thing."

Made was also given a free entree at Fox’s Pizza Den-Elizabeth, Colorado as part of the recognition!

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