Greetings, GreenMount Community,
If you missed Taste of Summer this
year, you missed our best event ever.
Thanks to the hard work of parents and staff expertly led by Jill
Goodman, we all enjoyed wonderful food (the tuna was my favorite), a huge
silent and live auction, and best of all, the opportunity to have some fun with
so many in the GreenMount community.
Among the most impressive
auction items were the mosaic tiles that students from every grade
created. They were absolutely stunning! Each student was given a small portion of a
painting and asked to duplicate it in his or her own style. Some students chose oil paints, water colors
or acrylics, while some chose to use just markers and pens. None of the students had an idea of how the
final product would look, but it was simply amazing how beautiful and true to
the originals the mosaics are. If you
now own one of these treasures and have buyers’ remorse, I predict that one day
your investment will produce a significant return. Can’t you imagine these works in a children’s
museum? Otherwise, you will retain a
truly unique work of art. My special
thanks go to Jon and Chrissy
Maxwell, Tim Parmer, and Elizabeth Reed for hatching this idea, organizing the
students and assembling their work for display. This project served as a significant
learning opportunity for students as well as a great model for demonstrating
how a team of students can come together and create something of significance.
I would
also like to take the opportunity to thank so many of you who expressed their
best wishes to me on the occasion of my retirement. I won’t go into how much it means to me for
parents to be so generous with their comments, but I do appreciate your
positive words. A few parents asked if I was sad that this was my last Taste of
Summer event. My reply is that I am sad that I have to wait another two years
for the next one! And I’ll be here for
next year’s Walk to the Green. In the memorable words of The Terminator, “I’ll
be back,”
Cheers,
Steve
