Students show spirit; hand out Subaru Loves to Learn donations to teachers at pep rally
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MILL HALL -- Central Mountain High School recently kicked off a pep rally with the distribution of the Subaru Loves to Learn boxes.
In late September, Blaise Alexander Subaru adopted 15 classrooms at CMHS as part of their Subaru Loves Learning event.
Dave Kelley, general manager of Blaise Alexander Subaru in Montoursville, presented 15 boxes of classroom goodies to administrators and students at CMHS in September and students were encouraged to give the boxes to teachers who they loved to learn from.
The boxes, filled with teaching essentials such as Expo markers, highlighters, pens, pencils, post-its and more, were given to teachers that the students nominated.
One of the highlights of the box was $500 to be spent on whatever the teacher would like for the classroom.
The teachers who were chosen, and the students who presented the boxes to them, were:
-- Ashley Brungard, presented by Brooklyn Bechdel and Joslyn Sproat
-- Seth Cooper, presented by Leah Coleman and Thomas Villelo
-- Chelsea Grieb, presented by Shelby Syler and Shelby Summerson
-- Rebecca Dilley, presented by Elaina Packer and Aminah Baker
-- Ashley Crust, presented by Tucker Taylor and Connor Kleckner
-- Larry Rhine, presented by Charlie Probst and Hailey Barner
-- Taylor White, presented by Josh Kessinger and Ella Batterson
-- Douglas Madenford, presented by Ricky Fantaski and Jack Miller
-- Beth Keiser, presented by Elaina Walter and Isabelle Bottorf
-- Kelly Baker, presented by Evan Hardy and Bailey Jackman
-- Jonathan Herman, presented by Kennedy Metzger and Isabelle Scanlan
-- William Hook, presented by Jacob Lusk and Leah Karstetter
-- John May, presented by Trey Kline and Brady Fickes
-- Lindsay Kalbach, presented by Madison Barker and Sarah Haubracken
-- Dylan Caprio, presented by Aiden Meter and Chase Probst
A few of the nominated teachers offered their comments on what an honor it was to be chosen by students to receive these boxes for their classrooms.
"I'm so excited -- I never win anything like this. It feels great. We're going to be doing all these projects moving forward with the fall and winter. This gives us a perfect chance to do something even bigger than what we had planned. I'm so grateful," said Dilley.
"It's a huge honor, I really appreciate it. It will be well used. I don't have plans yet, but it won't be hard to find stuff we need," said Cooper.
"This is fantastic. It's so sweet that students (chose me.) I'm so flattered. I don't have any plans (for the money) yet, but I'm going to look and see what we need the most that we'd be able to put it towards. We're going to make good use of it for sure. Anything helps the kids," said Crust.
"I'm honored that my students (nominated me.) It backs up what I'm doing in the classroom. There's days as a teacher where you walk away and you don't know if it all clicked for them or if they're all buying into what you're trying to do. When you get recognized for things like this, it tells you that that's happening. It reinforces to me that I'm doing the right thing for them in the classroom -- it's a great feeling," said Caprio.
"I think it's awesome. I absolutely love it and I'm so excited. I never win anything, and now I feel like I've won the lottery. I think it's great that students nominated us and I'm definitely going to put it to good use in my classroom," said Baker.
"I'm shocked and excited. I'm very blessed -- I have some of the best students in the school. There's lots of supplies needed for healthcare so we'll make sure it goes to good use," said Grieb.