There are many stories like this around Texas but his one involves local students helping. A little over a week ago Rita Pintavalle, Kennedale native and former principal of Kennedale High School put out a plea for assistance. Students and staff in KISD responded. {{more: read more .. }}
schools are only just now opening …
Students and staff were only able to return to school today. The district posted the following notice on the district website last week.
?Based on the large number of BISD staff and students currently displaced and the projections of increased flooding in our area, Brazosport ISD will remained closed until Monday, September 11th. Please heed the county and city notices and only return if it is safe to do so. Students will not be penalized if absent due to the flooding. Staff who can safely get into to work are asked to return to their campus or office on Friday, September 8.?
basic classroom supplies needed …The Human Services Practicum classes and the Peer Assistance & Leadership (PAL) program at Kennedale High, under the supervision of KHS faculty member Julie Naughton, accepted the call for help and in just a few days collected donations of basic things the students and teachers needed to for their classroom including pens/pencils, paper, spiral notebooks, binders, crayons, map pencils, folders, Kleenex, glue sticks and composition books. The local Walmart stepped up to also donate boxes of items. Students at James Arthur Intermediate School also participated
Amber Sather, also a Kennedale native and KHS grad Class of 2012, and who now is a teacher and coach at Bazorwood HS in the district was able to pick up the supplies on Friday, September 8. and take them back to her district for distribution. (Note: Jay Jurchinson, KHS Class 2013, is a math teacher and coach at Brazoswood HS also)
huge donation to the Area Food Bank ?
This was not all that students, parents, faculty and community members have donated for Hurricane Harvey relief effort.
Just the week before the donations for Brazosport ISD, over 4,000 pounds of donations was trucked to the Tarrant County Food Bank. This included bottled water, easy open canned goods, peanut butter and diapers. This was to help those who have been displaced by Harvey. The drive did not forget the pets that would be displaced. And large amounts of cat and dog food was collected.
This effort was coordinated by Kennedale High School Key Club under the supervision of the faculty member Roger Aleman. Other campuses across the district participated including James Arthur Intermediate and R. F. Patterson Elementary.
Kennedale Junior High has and is contributing to the relief effort also. Students at KJHS were encouraged to donate money to the efforts. Some were encouraged to donated $20 for the chance to wear jeans for a week or $10 for two days but others just donated for the cause.. The students and their parents also donated toiletry items, books for kids to read, board games, and toys. The money raised went directly to the Red Cross Hurricane Relief. The donated items went to local DFW shelters.
