Spellathon at Allen Avenue

Today we celebrated the conclusion of this year's Spellathon at Allen Avenue Elementary School with big assemblies for everyone. Students received blue, red, or white ribbons for scoring 80% or above, and everyone got treats, trinkets, coupons and specially designed certificates to mark their participation in the event. Those scoring 100% got to choose a special gift and those raising the most money got gift certificates donated by supportive stores in the communities around the school. Each student gets pledges for financial support from family & friends. One upper grade and one primary classroom each received special packets of coupons for having the highest percentage of participation in getting pledges. The funds raised go to support technology in both the classrooms & the school as a whole. The retired staff members volunteer their time to do all of the behind the scenes work to make the Spellathon happen, but the teachers and the students do the hard work of learning all of the words, giving & taking tests over the words, and getting and then collecting on pledges from family & friends. It's fun, it's educational, & everyone benefits from the end result. The students, their families, the teachers, the principal, the office staff, and the retired staff members all deserve a huge thank you for their commitment to do this for the school. Kudos to all!