Dear Parents,
Thank you, Holly Morrison and Amanda Oliver, for an engaging, creative, joyful, extravagant evening of celebration last Saturday. Until you have done it, no one really knows the amount of time and energy it takes to accomplish all of the tasks leading up to the event and the organization of the various volunteers to pull off such a successful benefit. Holly and Amanda accomplished the endeavor with the diligence and flexibility that are essential to such an undertaking.
Additional thanks to Heather Kearns who organized the school efforts to support the benefit and did a number of behind the scenes tasks to keep the planning moving along. Finally, a special thank you as well to Phil Mattingly for service as emcee and auctioneer. I’m sure that after an hour in front of that crowd, he’s appreciating his day job just a little bit more.
On the day leading up to the benefit, we held our International Day in the school auditorium. Our Foreign Language team was behind the effort but special thanks goes to Sra. Guitart for being the brains (and muscle) behind the event. We appreciate the many nations that were represented and we were delighted to allow so many families to represent their home countries.
While we really enjoyed all of the tables, we were especially delighted that our Ethiopian families were able to share so much of their delicious, traditional food. Thank you to everyone who came. The smiles were everywhere and the stories were entertaining and educational.
