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Candy Rush 🍭🍬 The Project
By Siri and Soorya Have you ever heard of the quote, “It's not how much you give, but how much love you put into it?" Well, Ms. Wachtin and Ms. Stamataros’ classes got to experience both! They, along with the students and teachers of Millstone River School, donated candies this winter to four organizations that help people in need: Plainsboro Pantry, RISE in Hightstown, TASK and Home Front in Trenton. These weren’t just any candy donations. Following Halloween, announcements were made asking students and teachers to bring in any candy they did not want. Isabelle H. from Ms. Wachtin’s class created an idea to wrap the candies into mini bundles of candies as a giant Hershey’s Kiss, made out of tin foil and tissue paper. This way whoever received it at their Thanksgiving or holiday dinner would feel special. First bags were needed, so 2 kids from Ms.Wachtin’s class wrote a letter to McCaffrey’s for a donation of grocery bags to deliver to the classrooms to collect candy. They gave us 75 bags. Once those were delivered to classrooms it wasn’t long before bags of candies poured into room B147 from the entire school. Daily, students would arrive and dump their bags of candy donations into a garbage bin in our classroom. Within two short weeks we had filled two large garbage cans full of candy. Next came the sorting and the wrapping. 2 kids from Ms.Wachtins class wrote a letter requesting a donation of wrapping materials from Sam’s Club, who generously gifted us six packs of tin foil sheets and a 1,000 pieces of tissue paper for the bundling of candies into Hershey’s Kisses. The students involved in the “Candies of Kindness” project were very excited and enthusiastic as they sorted and wrapped the candies, ten per bundle, mixing hard candies and chocolates. They made over 1,500 Hershey Kiss bundles, complete with a note wishing the recipient a happy holiday. Eventually the bags of Hershey Kiss bundles were delivered to the four organizations who all received them with gratitude. The experience for Millstone students and teachers was incredible. They truly worked as a team to make a difference for others. Between the people who donated candy, the community who donated supplies, and the busy hands of many fifth graders, it was a successful project that all can be proud of. We also did a shorter one day candies of kindness project. Those were just our class. We made around 50 to 100 that day. It felt even better because it was just us doing it because even though we were doing less it was the fact that only we were doing it. “It felt good to give to people who didn’t have the chance to go trick or treating and have the fun experience dressing up and spending quality time with friends” say Isabelle. Of course, for all, it was a total candy mania. |
School Spirit Supply Sales
By Harshita Here at Millstone River school, we have a monthly event. It is the school spirit supply sale! Every first Friday of each month, our Millstone River helpers put out a supply sale. During your lunch period, you can go up to the front of the cafeteria and buy some items from the supply sale. For instance you can buy a pencil for 25 cents. Items you can buy There are many items available at the school spirit supply sale. Some items you can buy are school supplies. You can buy pencils, mechanical pencils, lead, folders, sharpeners, erasers, and more! Some other items you can buy are fun-to-play-with items. These items are : Galaxy slime (everybody's favorite !), puty, small emoji pillows, colorful slap bracelets and lots more! Offers Sometimes when you go to the school spirit supply sale, you can get offers. An example of this is: if you get buy a mechanical pencil, you would get a free pack of lead. Another example of this is : if you get a 25 cents item, you would get another item that is 25 cents for free (a pencil and another pencil). Holiday school spirit supply sale The holiday supply sale takes place at Christmas time. There, you can buy small gifts and items related to the holidays. Some items are : small bags, make your own snowman kit, Christmas emojis, and more. Thumbs ups Have you got called as the winner of Thumbs Ups? If you have, you get a certificate . In that certificate, you have a $1 coupon with it. With that coupon you can buy anything at the School Spirit Supply Sale! Well, I hope you find something for you at the School Spirit Supply Sale! |
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