There are a lot of lessons taught every day at school, a lot to say the least. Some lessons aren’t limited to marker boards and textbooks.
The fifth graders at Washington Elementary School give the perfect example. All the proceeds raised by their school store will be going to the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti.
“It's fun because we can buy stuff and raise money," said fifth grade student Hunter Etter. "Last year they donated the money to the school and the library and now we're donating the money to Haiti."
The Washington School store has been collecting money for two to three weeks and only operated a couple of days per week. The last day of the school store’s efforts was Friday. The students raised as much money as they could, then fifth grade teacher Pam Gates donated her own money to make the total $200.
"We're sending it to UNICEF because that goes just to children," Gates said. "One hundred percent of the money donated to UNICEF goes to Haiti, they're not keeping anything back for their administrative fees."
“I think it's really good because all the kids that don't have parents they probably don't have much food to feed themselves,” said Kailyn Patterson, fifth grader. “All the money can help feed them."
Patterson said she likes the school store’s beef jerkey and Yoplait yogurt. Fellow student Austin Nichols enjoys the Gatorade and pretzels.
The school store at Washington has been a fifth grade project for two years and promotes the idea of healthy eating choices.
"They usually, in the past, have run it just to try to get kids to realize what some healthy snacks are,” Gates said. "Then we've used the profits before to buy prizes for kids that exercised."
This year the reward is a prize that all the students can enjoy.
“I think that it's a great idea,” said Nichols, “because then we can help Haitian people."
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There are a lot of lessons taught every day at school, a lot to say the least. Some lessons aren’t limited to marker boards and textbooks.
The fifth graders at Washington Elementary School give the perfect example. All the proceeds raised by their school store will be going to the earthquake-ravaged nation of Haiti.
“It's fun because we can buy stuff and raise money," said fifth grade student Hunter Etter. "Last year they donated the money to the school and the library and now we're donating the money to Haiti."
The Washington School store has been collecting money for two to three weeks and only operated a couple of days per week. The last day of the school store’s efforts was Friday. The students raised as much money as they could, then fifth grade teacher Pam Gates donated her own money to make the total $200.
"We're sending it to UNICEF because that goes just to children," Gates said. "One hundred percent of the money donated to UNICEF goes to Haiti, they're not keeping anything back for their administrative fees."
“I think it's really good because all the kids that don't have parents they probably don't have much food to feed themselves,” said Kailyn Patterson, fifth grader. “All the money can help feed them."
Patterson said she likes the school store’s beef jerkey and Yoplait yogurt. Fellow student Austin Nichols enjoys the Gatorade and pretzels.
The school store at Washington has been a fifth grade project for two years and promotes the idea of healthy eating choices.
"They usually, in the past, have run it just to try to get kids to realize what some healthy snacks are,” Gates said. "Then we've used the profits before to buy prizes for kids that exercised."
This year the reward is a prize that all the students can enjoy.
“I think that it's a great idea,” said Nichols, “because then we can help Haitian people."
