CLASS NOTES 02.27.2013

Palm Coast Observer
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+ Wadsworth Elementary takes trip through time
Wadsworth Elementary School hosted a historic event this month. To learn more about history, school administrators dressed up like Martin Luther King, Betsy Ross and George Washington. Superintendent Janet Valentine represented Sandra Day O’Connor, Student Services Director Katrina Townsend brought Albert Einstein to life, and School Board Member John Fischer came as John F. Kennedy. Kiwanis Club member Tony Andrade made Julius Caesar proud, and business partners from Prosperity Bank Connie Romay and Maria Lavin-Sanhudo represented Princess Diana and Lucille Ball.

Community volunteer and supporter Jerusha Logan brought friends Vivian Richardson and Shari Bye to share the lives and accomplishments of Althea Gibson and Rosa Parks. And the parent and PTO Chairwoman Carrie Russell made a beautiful Queen Nefertiti of Egypt.

+ Service learning students give the gift of teddy bears
A group of eighth-grade students from Indian Trails Middle School raised money to purchase 100 teddy bears for the sick children at University of Florida’s Shands Hospital in Gainesville to be given out on Valentine’s Day.

The group, who called themselves The Gift Givers, is part of Dana Hausen’s service learning class, a class that teaches how to identify needs within the community and then set goals and develop a plan to make a difference.

+ St. Joseph auction: 10 years
In honor of its 10th year, St. Joseph Academy’s Wild, Wild West Auction, will take place 6 p.m. Saturday, March 2, in the school’s gymnasium, 155 State Road 207, St. Augustine.

Guests are encouraged to don their Western wear. Tickets are $40 each and include dinner and dessert provided by Carrabba’s Italian Grill. VIP Tables of 10 cost $500. Email [email protected] or call 904-824-0431, Ext. 307.

+ Matanzas hosts film festival
The second-annual Matanzas High School Film Festival will take place 6-8 p.m. March 6, in the Pirate Theatre.

“Our vision this year, and every year, is to provide a forum where filmmakers, innovators and members of the community at large can gather together, share their films and ideas, build relationships and come away transformed by the experience,” said event founder Tracey Hicks. “It is a brief moment in time when the right people come together in the right place to inspire change and celebrate the spirit of creativity that lies in all of us.”

Tickets are $4 without a student ID and $3 with.