Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving and Gratitude

Over the past few years, I have become a follower/reader of Jon Gordon's work.  For those that do not know who he is, he is an author and speaker that focuses on the benefits of positive energy in both personal lives and professional organizations.  For example, for Thanksgiving, he posted the following quote, "Abundance flows into your life when gratitude flows out of the heart." So, in this vein and in the spirit of Thanksgiving I would like to say Thank You to everyone at Vestaburg Schools and the Vestaburg Community for everything that you to help educate and support our school and our children.  We are all blessed to live and work in such a great place and with so many great people and children.  Furthermore, below are the individuals that have been recognized as part of our Shoutout program for going above and beyond.  These are October and Novembers recognitions:


Linda PlamerEveryday on her way into the school building, I see her stop and pick up trash and throw it away. Trying to keep the entrance looking nice. Some people would just walk by and not do anything.
VCS StaffHomecoming Week. The staff did a great job of participating in all of the activities including a dance performance at the assembly and building a float and walking in the parade. This was outstanding and not something you see from most staffs in other schools.
Amanda Slezak/Kerry Krzymicki and Student CouncilThese two ladies and the student council put a tremendous amount of work and effort into planning all of the Homecoming activities. This was their first year and they did an outstanding job. It was a great week in large part to the work of the student council and their advisers.
Karen GostomskiKaren organized "A Salute To Soldiers" Assembly for PS through second grades on Oct 6th. It was very worthwhile for students and more geared toward their level of understanding about what it means to honor our veterans.

Traci McCormickI would like to shout out to Traci McCormick who offers to stay after hours to copy and laminate. Thanks, Traci!
Bruce, Allison, and Dalton KeyesThey all gave up a Saturday to help the NHS make their apple pies. We really appreciate the sacrifice they made for our students.
Kim HansenMrs. Hansen is always going above and beyond. She goes the extra mile with the students she works with on a daily basis and she even works with students who aren't even assigned to her. She does all of this without being asked. If she sees there is a need, she gets the job done. Thank you Mrs. Hansen, for all you do!
Kitchen StaffTo the kitchen staff for being so hard working and contributing to a good evaluation from the State of Michigan.

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