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 President,
Rani Wachter, who has led our board
with grace and efficiency. Rani is
always eager to jump in to help with anything we need and she is a tireless
advocate for Co-op. Rani has done
wonders to increase the communication from the board to our parents and to
enhance the cooperative spirit that we strive for. Thank you, Rani, 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! Once again, Shannon stepped up to organize
and head our very successful spring t-shirt sale and she was in charge of all
of our Co-op Sprit Days. Altogether,
over $1,000 was raised for Co-op thanks to Shannon’s efforts. 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. We
will miss having Amy on the board next year but are so pleased she will be one
of our Visitation Coordinators. 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. You have kept
your classes informed with wonderful notes from our board meetings. Thank you, Meghan Freeman, Laurel Henshaw, Rachel Lenahan, Heidi Pfister, Jennifer
Walk, Jennifer White, and Jordan Windle for all the time and
energy you have given to Co-op this year!
To the Winter
Wonderland Fundraiser Committee, who worked so hard to plan and organize
our highly successful Annual Fundraiser.
I knew we were in good hands when Amy
Day came to my office in April of 2013 and volunteered to head the
committee. Amy’s relaxed attitude,
vision, and leadership are what made the event not only possible, but such a
huge success. Thank you, Amy, for
giving so much of yourself and your personal time in support of Co-op. Amy’s dedicated and talented committee worked
together tirelessly to pull of such a successful and fun event. A deep thank you to Amy Chen, Jasmine Connolly, Andrea Lagergren, Joelle Griffin Russell,
Meagan Schultz, Quan Nim, and Crystle Williams.
Thanks to all of you, Co-op was able to purchase the fabulous new
outdoor block set and shed. We couldn’t
have done it without you!
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 has looked out for our
playground for many years now…what will we do next year when Ken moves on?! Thank
you to James DiLeo and Jeremy Waddell for rounding out the committee and helping wherever
needed…we appreciate all of your hard work!
To the Carnival
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 Arianna
Heck, Darcy Compton, Anne Nevins, and Kelly Scheerer. Thanks for all of your hard work and creativity
and for adding so much fun to our Co-op experience.
To Heather
Gardner, our Newsletter Editor. Thank you, Heather, for all the time and
energy you put into producing our Co-op Capers this year.
To David and
Kristin Fly, our Parent Ed
Committee, who organized and led our first ever on-line book
discussion. Thank you, David and
Kristin, for all of your hard work.
To Alison
Howell and Lauren Malone for serving as our Visitation Coordinators. Alison
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 Alison’s and Lauren’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, Alison 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,
Facebook, and all of her wonderful ideas to help us get Co-op out there on the
internet. 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 Jessica
Lienard, 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, Jessica!
To our See Saw
Books Chair, Sarah Lichtel, 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,
Sarah!
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!
With love and thanks from,
Molly
