The newest members of the Byron-Bergen Alumni Hall of Fame will be honored at the district’s Alumni Hall of Fame Induction Day celebration at Byron-Bergen Central School District on October 12.
Additionally, the district is inviting the community to celebrate the induction, with the Alumni Hall of Fame inductees, at a reception dinner at Bohn’s Restaurant in Batavia from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. on October 12. The cost of dinner is $19 per person, and is limited to 75 guests.
The Byron-Bergen Alumni Hall of Fame was established in 2003, and is a partnership between the Byron-Bergen Educational Foundation and the district’s Board of Education.
Supporting the district goal of celebrating accomplishments and successes throughout the learning community, the Alumni Hall of Fame (1) recognizes the vast array of achievements and contributions of the District’s graduates to society, and (2) provides students with positive role models.
This year’s inductees are:
Elaine Bezon•Elaine (Forsyth) Bezon, 1977, began her teaching career at Byron-Bergen CSD at the Elementary School as a first grade teacher in 1985, and since 2001 has been a reading teacher for the school.
Bezon is currently active in the Gillam-Grant Community Center, Genesee County Fish & Game Protective Association, Sleds of Stafford Snowmobile Club, Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, St. Paul Lutheran Church in Batavia, the Conesus Lake Association, and is head building representative for the Byron-Bergen Faculty Association. She also volunteers her time at various Byron-Bergen events, including musicals, class plays and fairs.
Bezon also worked on a committee to design and rebuild the Helen Forsyth-Hough Memorial Playground in memory of her mother (former Byron-Bergen Elementary School teacher). In her leadership role as co-chairperson, she helped garner Byron-Bergen CSD a $50,000 Pepsi Refresh Grant in 2011 to build a new playground at the Elementary School, which was also dedicated in her mother’s memory.
Yolanda Johnson•Yolanda (Tardy) Johnson, 1990, began her teaching career at Nathan Hale Elementary School in Toledo, Ohio, and then went on to work as the assistant principal at K-8 Longfellow Elementary School in Toledo, Ohio.
Johnson is currently the building principal at Longfellow Elementary. For the past two years she has been involved in moving the entire Elementary School to a brand new building.
Gary Squires•Gary Squires, 1973, has been the president of Manning Squires Hennig Co. General Contractors since 1985, whose notable projects include the Rocky Coasts Exhibit at the Seneca Park Zoo, and the Strong National Museum of Play among others.
Currently, Squires is a member of the McQuaid High School Board of Trustees, the Seneca Park Zoo Society, the Rundel Foundation Board of Trustees, the Monroe Community College Foundation Board of Trustees, the Rochester Builders Exchange Board of Trustees, the Construction Industry Association of Rochester. He is also the chairman of Unicon-Unions & Business United in Construction, and co-chairman of the Monroe Community College 28th Annual Scholarship Golf Outing.
To make reservations for the dinner, or for information about the celebration, contact Patty Gunio by October 3 at 3 p.m. via phone at (585) 494-1220, extension 2329 or via email at pgunio@bbschools.org.
