Parent Teacher Magazine Union County Public Schools Nov/Dec 2015 | Page 14

Piedmont Middle School students honor local officers

Piedmont Middle
seventh graders decided
to show local law
enforcement officers that
they care and appreciate
their hard work.
With the help and
direction of their teacher,
Lesa Goodman, a seventhgrade communication
skills teacher at Piedmont
Middle, about 325 letters
were sent out, written
by the entire Piedmont
Middle seventh-grade
class.
Group shot of
Piedmont students
and officers “With the
multiple incidences of
crimes targeting law
enforcement officers
throughout our nation,
we wanted to show our
support and appreciation
to our officers who are,
in our eyes, patriots,”
Seventh graders at Piedmont Middle School showed their support to law enforcement officers by handwriting
Goodman said. “Our law
letters of appreciation.
enforcement officers
definitely love and
support our community.”
The letters went to the Union County Sheriff’s Office and Monroe
Police Department. The goal was for every officer to receive a handwritten letter demonstrating the students’ appreciation and gratitude.
“I think it was great for the seventh-grade teachers and
students of Piedmont Middle to take time out to remember local law
enforcement,” said the school’s resource officer, Christy Baucom. “I
thoroughly enjoyed reading the letters because these letters showed
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“I liked this assignment because some officers don’t get the
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“I felt good about writing to thank someone who I normally would
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The idea grew when the school’s seventh-grade language arts
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“According to Dictionary.com, a patriot is defined as ‘a person
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who loves, supports, and defends his or her country and its interests
with devotion,’ ” Goodman said.
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Students included in their letters anecdotes about local police
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officers who they have witnessed making a difference in our community.
SRO Baucom arranged for Union County Sheriff’s Sgt. Andy Mullis
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and UCSO Chief Deputy Todd Elmore to visit the school and accept
the students’ letters.
Principal Tracy Strickland and assistant principal Michelle Gray
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joined Goodman’s class as the letters were delivered.
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--Written by: Becky Swiger, Instructional Technology Facilitator
Technology Services
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