Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public School Jan/Feb 2016 | Page 8

Wesley Chapel PTO brings holiday cheer to East Elementary

Thanks to the generosity of parents at
party. Ferguson said without this generous
Wesley Chapel Elementary, hundreds of
gift, teachers would have had to buy
East Elementary students will have warm
all the party supplies out of their own
hands and ears at the bus stop on cold
pockets.
winter mornings.
“I love seeing the connection with kids
When Maeve Gaskins, 6, an East
helping kids,” Lodge said. “The kids learn
Elementary first-grader, offered an
to give, but they also learn that other
excited, “Thank you!” for her gloves and
people care about them. It’s good for them
toboggan“My gloves are blue! My favorite
to see that their world is bigger than just
color is blue. They’re awesome! They’re so
here.”
pretty. It’s like a rainbow,” Maeve said. “I’m
Kathy Heintel, Wesley Elementary
going to wear them when it snows. I think
School’s PTO president, said all the items
it’s going to snow at Christmas.”
came from the parents of the Wesley
For the past two years, the parent
Chapel community. “We have an awesome
teacher organization at Wesley Chapel
community,” Heintel said. “We think it’s
Elementary School has brought the holiday
important to appreciate the staff as well
gift of giving to East Elementary. Last week,
as give back to the students. And we think
they brought toboggans and gloves to all of
it’s important to show the students that it’s
the school’s approximately 570 students.
important to help others.”
“East Elementary is a great place
Ferguson said he is grateful that these
to work, but when you don’t have that
parents continue to help his school.
Itzel Rivera-Espinoza, 6, an East Elementary
active PTO who acts as cheerleaders for
“When you can count on somebody,
first-grader, shows her new gloves and toboggan
your teachers and for your students, you
you don’t have to worry about how you’re
to East Elementary principal Denny Ferguson.
need a community to pitch in, and Wesley
going to get various things provided,”
Chapel has really fit that bill,” said East Elementary principal Denny
Ferguson said. “You know they’ve got your back and you can
Ferguson.
concentrate on instructional stuff.”
These benevolent parents, however, didn’t stop with just gifts for
--This article was written by UCPS Communications Coordinator Deb
the children. They also provided a hot meal for the East Elementary
Coates Bledsoe and provided courtesy of the Communications Office
staff and enough snacks for each classroom to have its own holiday
of the Union County Public Schools.

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