Since we began Focus Points in February 2011, I have written two posts (March 29 and November 4 ) about how our students believe in helping others. Our students understand "what counts." Helping others is part of "our DNA" just as "high achievement for all students" is the "C-FB ISD way."
C-FB ISD students believe in helping others because they just know it's the "right way of life," and in our district, we follow our character values. The seven traits are respect, pride, integrity, service, responsibility, cooperation, and citizenship. You can find our students modeling these values in our classrooms, on our playing fields, in the performance halls, and out in our communities. Although our students have service projects throughout the school year, November and December seem to be the two months when they are extremely busy working to help those in need.
An ongoing project for the McLaughlin Art Club is creating hospital tray favors for the Dallas Medical Center. The students design tray favors for every holiday. The students brighten up food trays of the people who are spending their holidays as patients in the local hospital.
Ranchview High School and Bernice Chatman Freeman Elementary students joined forces for a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich drive for the Irving homeless. The Freeman students collected 183 jars of peanut butter, 139 jars of jelly, 84 loaves of bread, and 51 boxes of sandwich bags. The student council members of both schools made 2,790 peanut butter & jelly sandwiches.
Canned food, toys and clothing are items our students collect for local agencies this time of year. For example, the Freeman Elementary community collected 429 pounds of food for Irving Cares, and June R. Thompson Elementary collected 435 cans for Metrocrest Social Services. Other school organizations donating to Metrocrest Social Services include R. L. Turner's METSA, Ted Polk's Student Council, the Furneaux Elementary fourth graders, Creekview's Wrestling Team, DECA, Cross Country Team while the Creekview Student Council is working with Scottish Rite Hospital.
Often times our schools join forces with other groups. For example, since our Early College High School is located on the Brookhaven College campus, the students and staff are working with the Brookhaven Police Department and Brookhaven College Student Government to provide gifts to 50 “angels” from The Family Place.
Our students not only run collection drives, but they also volunteer at various agencies. The Ted Polk Student Council will be helping the Salvation Army and Metrocrest Social Services this holiday season while the Creekview girls' soccer team will visit the Corinthians to sing carols and provide special goodies for the residents.
The projects listed here are just samplings of what our students, faculty and staff do for others. Our C-FB ISD students along with the educational team often times work quietly behind the scene taking care of individuals or developing special projects that make a difference in our schools and community. We appreciate those students and our team members who realize the importance of being involved and giving to others.
Photos of Freeman and Ranchview Making PB&J Sandwiches
Photos - June R. Thompson Donates Food To Metrocrest Social Services
Photos - A Sampling of Service Projects
C-FB ISD students believe in helping others because they just know it's the "right way of life," and in our district, we follow our character values. The seven traits are respect, pride, integrity, service, responsibility, cooperation, and citizenship. You can find our students modeling these values in our classrooms, on our playing fields, in the performance halls, and out in our communities. Although our students have service projects throughout the school year, November and December seem to be the two months when they are extremely busy working to help those in need.
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| McLaughlin artists Georgia Harris, Alexis Robledo, Kevin Puente and Ceasar Torres along with art teacher Jeannie Dewar hold pumpkins that brightened patients' trays. |
We value and appreciate the service agencies and organizations that work with our students to show them how to conduct projects that will better the world not only in our community but sometimes in a country half way around the world as Sheffield Primary students have been doing. The pre-kindergartners through second graders recently raised funds for "Pennies for Africa" which builds schools in Zambia, Africa.
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| Freeman students make PB&J sandwiches. |
Canned food, toys and clothing are items our students collect for local agencies this time of year. For example, the Freeman Elementary community collected 429 pounds of food for Irving Cares, and June R. Thompson Elementary collected 435 cans for Metrocrest Social Services. Other school organizations donating to Metrocrest Social Services include R. L. Turner's METSA, Ted Polk's Student Council, the Furneaux Elementary fourth graders, Creekview's Wrestling Team, DECA, Cross Country Team while the Creekview Student Council is working with Scottish Rite Hospital.
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| The Creekview Cheerleaders raised $7,000 for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. |
Our students not only run collection drives, but they also volunteer at various agencies. The Ted Polk Student Council will be helping the Salvation Army and Metrocrest Social Services this holiday season while the Creekview girls' soccer team will visit the Corinthians to sing carols and provide special goodies for the residents.
The projects listed here are just samplings of what our students, faculty and staff do for others. Our C-FB ISD students along with the educational team often times work quietly behind the scene taking care of individuals or developing special projects that make a difference in our schools and community. We appreciate those students and our team members who realize the importance of being involved and giving to others.
Photos of Freeman and Ranchview Making PB&J Sandwiches
Photos - June R. Thompson Donates Food To Metrocrest Social Services
Photos - A Sampling of Service Projects
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