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Nominate your favorite K-12 school custodian!



We appreciate school custodians for more than just their cleaning skills. We love their friendly personalities, can-do attitudes and willingness to help in any situation. That’s why we’re hosting the Custodians are Key contest through the 2019-2020 school year and awarding deserving custodians prizes!

We want to recognize custodians for their contributions to a safer and healthier school. Using the form, tell us why your favorite custodian deserves this recognition.

And don’t forget, their school could win, too!

Nominate your favorite K-12 school custodian!

Nomination Form

Fill out my online form.

Nomination Tips


What should I consider when making a nomination?

We want to hear your best memories and stories about your school custodian and why those stories make them the best custodian in the country. Think about questions such as:

  1. How do they make our school better?
  2. What do they do that is above and beyond their daily job?
  3. How do they show the children and staff they care?
  4. If my custodian didn’t work here anymore, how would that impact the school, students and staff?
  5. What specific stories show how important our custodian is to our school?

Tell us how your custodian goes above and beyond in their job to make your school a happier, healthier, safer place to learn and work. Our committee of judges will select finalists and winners based on the quality of the nomination and the impact the custodian makes on their school.



Nomination Periods


What are the nomination periods?

We will select finalists and prize winners within the following time periods:

Nomination Period Begins at 12:00 AM CT on Ends at 11:59 PM CT on Winner(s) Notified no later than
1 9/9/19 11/1/19 11/15/19
2 11/2/19 1/3/20 1/17/20
3 1/4/20 3/4/20 3/18/20
4 3/5/20 4/29/20 5/20/20


Contest Rules


Give me a quick version of the rules.

Sure, here are the main points:

  • You must be 14 years of age or older to nominate
  • You may nominate your custodian once, however custodians can be nominated more than once by different people
  • Your custodian must be 18 years of age or older and work at a K-12 school in the United States or Canada, excluding Quebec
  • Your nomination may be used in marketing messaging in the future

Full Contest Rules

Click here to see the full contest rules.



Quarterly Finalists


These deserving custodians have been selected as quarterly finalists for the Custodians are Key Contest! They are eligible to win the $5,000 grand prize in May 2020.

Nomination Period 1 Finalists:
Natasha Fitzpatrick, Haines, Alaska
Mark Cease, Deer Lodge, Montana
Mike Bieser, Collbran, Colorado

Nomination Period 2 Finalists:
Kris Kantor, Lakewood, Ohio
Richard Phy, Sellersville, Pennsylvania
Cassius Ali, Plainfield, New Jersey


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