So remember back in High School when Ken Garff decided to be a big name and donate a car to a lucky student?
Yeah... I wasn't that student...
BUT
As a teacher I now know that Ken Garff does more than just cars...
He does bikes!
In fact, my school gets 6 bikes to give to lucky students as part of the "Road To Success" program.
That's a drawing every 6 weeks during the school year
(none of that waiting around until the last week stuff).
There was a drawing today
(okay, the 6 weeks hasn't been perfectly consistent, but that's the general idea)
It also happened to Dr. Seuss' birthday today.
The Mayor came.
The Superintendent came.
They read their favorite Suess books to the kids.
(2 assemblies... I'm not sure what they read to the older bunch, but my chillins got HOP ON POP and MR. BROWN CAN MOO, CAN YOU? Very entertaining, I must say...)
The Mayor mixed up the bike raffle tickets.
(Students earn one each week they read at least 20 mins/day, 5 days/week -- TWO raffle tickets if they read all 7 days)
The Superintendent picked a raffle ticket.
"Do we have Ms. Turner's class here?"
(My kids squeal a bit and all raise their hands)
"This is a girl's name..."
(The girls all sit a little taller... some of them bouncing on their pockets...)
"Is there a C.?"
You should have seen her face.
Priceless.
Complete shock turned to radiant joy as she stands up.
She is visibly SHAKING as she walks to the front.
She can barely contain herself!
They congratulate her, shake her hand, send her back.
She bounces back... waving... with a huge grin.
Then she turns and gives me a big thumbs up :)
It was awesome.
She comes from very, very little.
As in at Christmas when all the kids were getting awesome toys and Gameboys and puppies, C. got a new shirt and a pair of jeans.
And was super excited about it.
Now, she gets to go pick out her new bike.
Even better is that she is an AVID reader. She LOVES books. ESPECIALLY Dr. Seuss.
I can't think of a more worthy recipiant...
But the VERY BEST PART?
It's her birthday today.
Happy Birthday, C!
You'll never forget turning 7 :)
Yeah... I wasn't that student...
BUT
As a teacher I now know that Ken Garff does more than just cars...
He does bikes!
In fact, my school gets 6 bikes to give to lucky students as part of the "Road To Success" program.
That's a drawing every 6 weeks during the school year
(none of that waiting around until the last week stuff).
There was a drawing today
(okay, the 6 weeks hasn't been perfectly consistent, but that's the general idea)
It also happened to Dr. Seuss' birthday today.
The Mayor came.
The Superintendent came.
They read their favorite Suess books to the kids.
(2 assemblies... I'm not sure what they read to the older bunch, but my chillins got HOP ON POP and MR. BROWN CAN MOO, CAN YOU? Very entertaining, I must say...)
The Mayor mixed up the bike raffle tickets.
(Students earn one each week they read at least 20 mins/day, 5 days/week -- TWO raffle tickets if they read all 7 days)
The Superintendent picked a raffle ticket.
"Do we have Ms. Turner's class here?"
(My kids squeal a bit and all raise their hands)
"This is a girl's name..."
(The girls all sit a little taller... some of them bouncing on their pockets...)
"Is there a C.?"
You should have seen her face.
Priceless.
Complete shock turned to radiant joy as she stands up.
She is visibly SHAKING as she walks to the front.
She can barely contain herself!
They congratulate her, shake her hand, send her back.
She bounces back... waving... with a huge grin.
Then she turns and gives me a big thumbs up :)
It was awesome.
She comes from very, very little.
As in at Christmas when all the kids were getting awesome toys and Gameboys and puppies, C. got a new shirt and a pair of jeans.
And was super excited about it.
Now, she gets to go pick out her new bike.
Even better is that she is an AVID reader. She LOVES books. ESPECIALLY Dr. Seuss.
I can't think of a more worthy recipiant...
But the VERY BEST PART?
It's her birthday today.
Happy Birthday, C!
You'll never forget turning 7 :)
8 comments:
ohmygoodness. I must be ridiculously tired because I fully just teared up. :)
i'm not tired and i teared up too :) what a touching story!! sounds like she totally deserved it! by the way, who was the kid in high school who won the car? i don't remember...
That has to be one of the best stories... ever! Oh little C... so happy for you on your special day!
oh, i got some tears too! So sweet! How awesome is that?! Definitely something to smile about! Thanks Jess!
What a wonderful story!
What an awesome story! You certainly had me smiling by the end :) SO cute.
That's so great Jess! You must be such a great teacher, and I'll bet you see a lot of things that make you smile!
That is so cute! What a great day for her!!
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