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Thank You For Your Help!
What a great couple of days for fun in the sun outside on our playground for Wet & Wild Days. The giant water slide was the popular place to be, as was our fabulous sand box and water log. There is nothing like being able to take your shoes off and wade in wet sand to keep cool on a hot and sunny day. The children all used muscle, careful planning, and team work to keep the water log running and make long and winding roads. I imagine that they all slept well at the end of their busy day!
We pride ourselves in our fabulous outdoor Playscape, where the children are so fortunate to spend time each day; and it is the hands of some many wonderful parent volunteers that make this possible. During the month of May, we had several weekend work projects to keep the playground well maintained and looking so nice. Our greenhouse is being well utilized and stocked with seedlings, the garden beds have been mulched and edged, and the sandbox has a fancy new edging that will help to keep the sand inside, as well as offer a comfortable seat to onlookers. The various heights of the carefully placed logs will also offer a fun, yet challenging, path for children to maneuver from one end of the sandbox to the other. We can’t thank the following volunteers enough for all of their time, hard work, and expertise. All of these volunteer hours help to save the school thousands of dollars in the operating budget, which in turn, helps tremendously to keep GCS tuition down. Please join me in recognizing and thanking the following:
GCS Greenhouse Project
Shelley Grove & Dave Greenwood (Team Leaders), Jim Belcher, Scott Christerson, Dicky Cantillon, Jenn Greenwood, Scott Kingsley, Dave MacInnis, Pat McAdams, Eric Pauly, Trevor Phipps, Paul & Hannah Pugh, and a special thanks to Gary Wilkins (Riverdale Farm) and his dad, Gary Wilkins, Sr.
Spring Spruce-Up
Team Leaders: Heather Spinney-Laidlaw and Hannah Pugh. GCS parents: Marie Bearer, Jim Belcher, Caroline Bouris, Mike & Jen Burke, Rachel Culley, Kate Ferriola, Jenn Greenwood, Matthew Lynde, Nancy Martinage, Stacie Moeser, Lon Novak, Eric Pauly, Paul Pugh, Lisa Stafford, and Melissa Cannavino (past parent). Lawrence Academy student volunteers: Shriya Balaji, Liam Healy (GCS alum), Jack Horsman (GCS alum), Lily Jornryd, Philippe Lessard, Emily Leung, Matt Sashir, Joey Siemering, Michael Siemering, and Sean Williams. G-D volunteer: Alexis D’Agostino. Special thanks to Peter Myette of Great Road Garden & Pet Supply for lending equipment to us for the day.
Sandbox Project
Dave Greenwood (Team Leader), Geoff Browning (grandparent), Mike Burke, Matt Murphy, Greg Keras (alum), Noreen Keras, Eric Pauly, Hannah Pugh, Dan Sprague, Tim Stallman, and Brendan Wahlberg.
Please feel free to stop by the playground the next time you’re at school to check out the end result of all of their hard work!
Linda Kosinski
Director