Our community is still recovering from the Tubbs Fire in 2017. My attendance area was destroyed by this fire. The only thing left standing was the school. The past 2ish years have been about rebuilding.
Now, many students are back in their homes. Due to the increase in students "coming home", I wanted to do a lot community events to bring us together. In working with A few amazing parents pre-scooped the ice cream. We opened the doors at 6:30pm and this amazing thing happened, people came! We had over 200 people come
Lots of awesome things came out of the night, but I want to tell you about two of them.
First, one of my fifth-grade teachers came up to me about a week after the event and said "All of these younger students keep coming up to me and says 'Hi, Ms XX'. It is so cool they know my name now. It is all because I served them whipped cream at the ice cream social, but I'll take it." I love that she feels more connected to the community. It's all because of Ice Cream!
The second was a parent came up to me a few days after the event. She told me how she loved seeing all the teachers are the event. It really made it feel like a community. She was able to talk with teachers outside of the classroom. She told me how she learned about an interested she didn't know her child's teacher had. Our theme this year is #bettertogether and I really think this shows how important those "little moments" are to bring us together. As we rebuild our community, these are the moments that are going to bring us together. I am so proud of the work we have started this year. In the world of test scores, benchmarks, and data, we always need to remember that without relationships, culture, and teamwork, we will not achieve any of our goals.
