Thank
You!
Co-op is a school that truly relies on parent
involvement for our very existence.
Thank you to all of our parents for the time, effort, and dedication you
have put into making our year so successful.
In a day and time where people are much more reluctant to give of their
personal time and energy, your children are the ones who will benefit from your
willingness to give a part of yourself to our Co-op Community. Special thanks go out…
To our Board
President, Susan Zickel, who
continues to work tirelessly on behalf of Co-op. From being intimately involved in the
planning of the Fundraiser to being present at every school function, Susan has
generously given of her time and her many talents to Co-op. In addition to all of her hard work as board
president, Susan has taken our little garden idea and turned it into a
beautiful, vibrant, and exciting learning garden that will flourish for many
years to come. It has been a true
pleasure to work with Susan during her 8 years at Co-op and we wish Susan and
her family all the best as they finish their Co-op years. Luckily, Susan will continue to help us in
the garden next year, so this is not really goodbye. Thank you, Susan, for everything you have
done for Co-op!
To our Vice-President,
Shannon Rickert, who has kept the
teachers happy with wonderful birthday gifts and special treats! Shannon is always eager to take on anything
asked of her and proved that by stepping up to organize and head our very
successful spring t-shirt sale…thank you, Shannon!
To our Secretary,
Amy Elliott, who has worked
diligently to write our board notes and distribute them in such a timely manner
every month. It is not easy to keep up
with all the information that flies fast and furiously at our board meetings,
but Amy has done a fantastic job….thank you, Amy!
To all of our Board
Members whose dedication to Co-op is nothing short of inspirational. You are there for everything Co-op needs,
ready to pitch in and help out, or to offer a suggestion or question to help us
see issues more clearly. Thank you, Donna Bousquet, Christian Dunn, Melissa
Ferguson, Stacey Long, Rani Wachter, Jennifer Walk, and Jordan Windle for all the time and energy you have given to Co-op
this year!
To the Spring
Fling Fundraiser Committee, who worked so hard to plan and organize our
highly successful Spring Fling Fundraiser.
The organizational skills, vision, and leadership of our chair, Lauri Wawersik, are what made the event
not only possible, but such a huge success.
Thank you to Lauri for giving so much of yourself and your personal time
in support of Co-op. We couldn’t have
done it without you! Lauri’s dedicated
and talented committee worked together tirelessly to pull of such a successful
and fun event. A deep thank you to Amy Chen, Ashley Hoffman, Melissa Ferguson,
Betsy Lavin, Elisa Lemmon, Suzi Mills, Quan Nim, Sonya Peretti-Hull, and Susan
Zickel. A very special thank you to Rani and Brian Wachter who spent hours producing the amazingly adorable video for
the Spring Fling. It was truly the hit
of the evening and we so appreciate all of your hard work!
To the Fundraiser
Food Committee who provided us with the most delicious evening of food and
drink. Thank you to Chris and Stacey Long who organized and catered the entire
event. Once again, you outdid yourselves
with the food for our Fundraiser.
Everything was so delicious and helped to make the evening a truly
special event…thank you, Chris and Stacey!
To our Playground/Equipment
Committee for keeping our
much-loved playground in safe and working order all year long – and in all weather conditions. Thanks to the chair of the committee, Ken Butler, who is always willing to go
the extra mile to make sure we are in good working order. Thank you to James DiLeo, Alan Visocky,
and Jeremy Waddell for rounding
out the committee and helping prepare the playground in August…we appreciate
all of your hard work!
To the Special
Events Committee for providing us with a wonderful family-fun Carnival in
May. Co-op’s Carnival was made possible
because of the hard work and dedication of Jessica
Lienard, Chon Abraham, and Mildred Janovsky. Thanks for all of your hard work and
creativity and for adding so much fun to our Co-op experience.
To Natalie
Miller-Moore, our creative Newsletter
Editor. Thank you, Natalie, for all
the time and energy you put into producing our Co-op Capers this year.
To David and
Kristin Fly, and Martha Graves,
our Parent Ed Committee, for
organizing our annual Parent Ed Meeting.
We all learned so much from Jane Hersey about how to make wiser choices
at the grocery store and the food you provided was excellent. Thank you, Kristin, David, and Martha
for a great evening and for all of your hard work.
To Rachel
Lenahan and Lauren Malone for serving as our Visitation Coordinators. Rachel
and Lauren were responsible for organizing and hosting visits for numerous
prospective Co-op families. This job
starts in January and continues into April and requires a lot of time and
energy. Thanks to Rachel’s and Laurent’s efforts we have a whole new group of Co-op
families who are joining us armed with knowledge about our preschool and filled
with excitement about the coming year.
Thank you, Rachel and Lauren!
To Sonya
Peretti-Hull for being our Publicity
Coordinator. This job used to center
around making sure Co-op was in the local newspapers as often as possible;
however Sonya continues to take it to a whole new level with our blog and all
of her wonderful ideas to help us get Co-op out there on the internet. Sonya also played a huge role in the Spring
Fling Fundraiser. Thank you, Sonya.
To Kristin
Gartland, our Health Chair, who
meticulously checked every child’s file to make sure all their immunizations
were up-to-date and that their parents TB tests were in order. Kristin also checked allergies and made sure
everyone in the class was informed of the situation. Kristin’s efforts go a long way in helping us
to stay healthy and in good shape for our licensing requirements… thank you,
Kristin!
To Josh Elmes,
our Recycling Coordinator, who has
faithfully emptied our recycling bins and helped to keep Co-op clean and
green. We appreciate the fact that our
bins fill up rather quickly and that it takes quite a bit of effort to make
sure the recycling is taken out on a regular basis…thank you, Josh!
To our See Saw
Books Chair, Jennifer White, for
distributing Scholastic flyers, helping us transition to on-line ordering, and
getting books into the hands of our families.
For a school that values books as much as Co-op does, we love seeing the
smile on your children’s faces when they receive their new books…thank you,
Jennifer!
To Richard
Paulk, for being our Auditor. We are so fortunate that Rich gives so
generously of his time and talent to Co-op.
His advice is priceless and we quite simply rely on him to keep our
business going! Many, many thanks, Rich!
To our Website
Coordinators, Emma and Jim McMillan, who keep our website fresh and
up-to-date. Our website has now become
an important way for prospective families to learn about Co-op and thanks to
Jim and Emma’s efforts, these families are already full of information when
they make that first phone call to us.
Thank you, Emma and Jim!
To our End-of
Year Clean-up Crew who will help us clean, clean, clean. It is amazing to watch how thoroughly
everything in Co-op gets cleaned and packed away at the end of the year. This would not be possible without the help
of all of you…thank you!
And finally…to our many parents who hold jobs in our
classrooms. We simply could not function
without all of our Class Schedulers, Art
Assistants, and Field Trip Coordinators,
who help make our day to day operations function smoothly and in an
organized fashion. Thanks for all the
time and energy you have put into your jobs…we couldn’t do what we do without
you!
