Ride Janie Ride!

I have had a fantastic week of teaching. I am so proud of our students here at Lakeview. The eighth graders are putting on a fund-raiser for Ride Janie Ride, an organization that raises money for cancer patients. This organization splits all the money between three cancer recipients to help pay for their medical bills. This year the money will be going to two people many of us know. One person is Anthony Nino, Mrs. Nino's brother-in-law, and the other is Kayla O'Leary, a third grader at Prairieview. The kids have done a fabulous job showing their support. They have donated their own money, raised money in their neighborhoods, churches and local businesses. They have sold many things including: muffins, lemonade, and duct-tape flower pens. Our students have decided that they are going to accomplish a goal and they have come up with strategies and plans for being successful. There are rare moments in teaching where your students go above and beyond your expectations and take things to the next level, and this is one of them. I am very proud of them all. I would like to say thank you to them and their families for supporting such a worthy cause. Thanks!