Thursday, October 7, 2010

Pizza With the Principal - October 6, 2010


On October 6th ten elementary students were honored to have Pizza with the Principal. In a tradition begun some years back by retired elementary principal Mr. Pedersen and our former librarian, Mrs. Famiglietti, three times a year, after each marking period, 12 students are selected from a pool of those who have presented book reviews in front of their class during their class’ library time. The presenter is honored by acknowledgement of his/her peers, and by having his/her recommendation displayed on the “Books We Recommend” wall. The presenting student also fills out a ticket with his/her name and class on it which gets put into a special jar.

After the marking periods end in November, March, and June, twelve students’ names are randomly selected from the jar by Miss Gleason. Those students and their parents are notified of the upcoming pizza party, hosted by Elementary Principal, Mrs. Golden in the HS Room of the Library Media Center library, and takes place in the middle of the elementary lunch periods. The October 6th gathering was for students whose names were selected in June for the last marking period of the 2009-10 school year. This most-recent round of Pizza with the Principal honorees were: Bethany(2A), Jayson (2A), Vincent (2A), Cheyenne (3B), Loraine (3B), Vincent (4A), Kayla Smith (4A), Carizma (4B), Alexa(4B), Samuel (5A), Tyler S(5A), and Dylan(6A). Congratulations to our pizza winners and to all who recommended books and have been honored on our Books We Recommend wall.

It’s a new school year, and tickets are beginning to fill the jar again with the names of book-recommending students who themselves eagerly hope to be selected for Pizza with the Principal.