Educational Insights “…developing individuals to meet the challenges of a diverse society.”
With the holiday season upon us, it seems fitting to focus more
on all the positives in our lives! Denis Wiatley once said, “Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn,
or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minutes with
love, grace, and gratitude.”
This past few
weeks, several things in our district have occurred that remind me how giving
and caring our community is:
- FBLA students all chipped in and
provided a wonderful food basket for a needy family that they delivered
last week before the Thanksgiving break! “It was great to see how much
these kids got into this, and how much they wanted to make a difference
for someone else. What a great group of kids we have here!”-Mr. Marquez
- GCE parent volunteers held their
annual fall bake sale last week, earning nearly $700. that they shared
with several staff members to cover additional medical expenses! Wow-what
a testimony of giving!!!
- Third-Fifth graders recently
held a fundraising campaign with World’s Finest Chocolates & The Chip
Shoppe. Thanks to our gracious community, it was a huge success with the
total profits reaching nearly $5000.! These proceeds go towards ‘extras’
that are not part of the general fund budget (e.g.: field trips, T-shirts
at homecoming, etc.). THANKS to all who participated in this fall
fundraiser.
- Several new TeamMates’ mentors
have started meeting with their newly assigned mentees! It is so awesome
to see these students’ faces light up when they hear their mentor is there
to see them.
Children learn from the examples set by
the adults in their lives. Thank you for being such positive role models for
our students and giving so generously to them with your time and treasures!
-Dr.
Paula Sissel
Garden
County Schools
Superintendent/Elementary
Principal
[email protected]