Recipe For Success
Staff and students have always cooked together at Fairhaven.
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
Sunny April day
Three students, two alumni, two parents, one staff person
Gloves, boots, trash bags, donuts
Forms filled in with pledges from friends and family
Dollar bills and checks
Drive about a mile from the school
Tramp in the brush and by the river, picking up other people’s trash
Broken glass, cans, paper, plastic
Excitement when we find something unusual:
A rusty wheel, a large piece of metal, a different glass bottle
Conversation, songs, reflection, stories.
Result:
Over $1,000 to help children attend Fairhaven School
Tired muscles, elevated spirits, 30 bags of trash
A sense of connection with each other and our planet
A Fairhaven parent,
April 2009
I find it interesting that we (perhaps it’s only I) often use the cooking analogy with education, particularly a Sudbury education. As we rapidly approach graduation, I know I’ve heard people discuss whether or not a student is “fully cooked”, what steps and preparation he or she has taken, and what ingredients went into it.
Thank you for this “recipe”. I wonder what we’ll cook up next.