Congratulations to 2nd grader Leila Alobeidy for being the Grand Prize Winner of our 2017 Race for Education, raising $1,500 through gifts and pledges from her sponsors. Leila, pictured at right with Event Coordinator Jessica Martin, was recognized for her accomplishment during chapel on Friday, January 12 and received an Apple watch as the grand prize. Overall, donations to the Race for Education totaled $25,000 for our Annual Fund, meeting our goal for that important fundraising event. Thank you to all our donors, student and teacher participants, and volunteers for making our 2017 Race a success!
The student in each class from PreK4 to the 8th grade who had the most sponsors also received a Five Below $10 gift card during the chapel. Those students were Nathan Frye (PreK3A), Dillon Ims (PreK3B), Olivia Daughenbaugh (PreK4A), Jeremy Harris (PreK4B), Tyler Shull (KA), Gabriella Santos (KB), Brianna Banks (1st); Chelsie Richards (2A), Liam Larkin (2B), Garrett Martin (3A), Tommy Potenski (3B), Austin Salcedo (4A), Hannah D’Aulerio (4B), Seth Phillips (5th), Alex Mazak (6), Eva Elgersma (7A), Dylan Reilly (7B), and Alexandra Friend (8th). Five teachers who participated in the Race and reached out to sponsors received Amazon gift cards to purchase items for their classrooms for the exact amount that they raised — Mindy Capito (1st-$295); Sherree Hoover (4A-$255); Hayley Price (K-$45); Amy Vogel (2B-$135), and Amy Williams (2A-$20).
We’re so proud and grateful for every student and teacher that participated in the Race. Hats off to 4th grader Charlie Costello, with 30 laps, and 6th grader Kendall Murphy, with 28 laps, who were the boy and girl who completed the most laps in the one-hour time frame. The top girl and boy in each grade level who turned in at least 10 address labels and completed the most laps also received recognition certificates during Chapel. They were: PreK3: Matthew Humbert (10) and Peyton Ryan (9); PreK4: Jayden Bird (12) and Skylar Navarro (13); Kindergarten: Raquel Crespo, Gabrielle DiSciascio, and Eve Gibbs (13), James Boyle, Anthem Correa, and Tyler Shull (14); 1st grade: Maddox Wellman (19) and Brianna Banks (14); 2nd grade: Jason Remlein and Matthew Schlundt (21), Emilee Van Acker (14); 3rd grade: Sawyer Gayeski (24) and Kalee Tardif (14); 4th grade: Calvin Costello (26) and Sophia Costello (18); 5th grade: Charlie Costello (30) and Isabell Alford (25); 6th grade: Noah Gibbs (29) and Kendall Murphy (28); 7th grade: Dylan Reilly (21) and Eva Elgersma (18); 8th grade: Wyatt DeLuca (21) and Destiny Brewer (16).
