6th Graders Raise Funds to Help Rebuild Latham Ridge Playground.

On Friday, October 25, Principal Martin and several 6^th grade students from Latham Ridge Elementary visited the 6^th grade class at St. Ambrose School to receive a check for the rebuilding of their burned playground.  
       The St. Ambrose 6^th graders felt the need to help out their Latham Ridge counterparts after hearing that their played had been torched. The following is the text from the presentation they made to Latham Ridge.

“Welcome Mr. Martin, and Latham Ridge 6^th graders to our own 6^th grade class at Saint Ambrose. We’re glad you could find the time in your busy schedule to visit us today. We’d like to tell you how we came upon the idea of doing some fund raising for your school’s playground.

          As part of a class discussion on community events and how we can affect our community in a positive way, the subject of your playground came up. We wanted to help you rebuild. Because we personally know many students at Latham Ridge as our friends, or have ourselves played on that playground, we were more motivated to find a way to help.

          We brainstormed ideas. Then we got permission from our principal, Sr. Mary Presentation, to hold a week’s worth of fundraising activities in our school so that the whole student body could participate.

          We scheduled our events during the week of October 7 –11. We made signs and posters and talked to each classroom. We sent home fliers. Our activities included: A candy corn guessing contest, lunchtime bake sales, and goody bag sales. 

We also had a weeklong “helping hands” program. For a $1.00 donation, each student was able to place his/her handprint on a piece of paper. These pages have been assembled into a book of our well wishes to be shared with all at Latham Ridge.

      When all was said and done, we tallied our contributions. We are pleased and proud to present you with a check for $460.

      We look forward to seeing your playground rebuilt even better than before! Good Luck from all your friends at Saint Ambrose.”

The 6th graders were featured on the News!