Thank You Volunteers and Congratulations to the PTSA Awards Winners for 2009 -2010!

Our dedicated McAuliffe volunteers were honored at the annual Volunteer Tea on Wednesday, June 2.

Thank you to Mrs. Herd's, Mr. Kendall's and Mrs. Weaver's classes who provided entertainment (and Mrs. Warren). Thank you to Mrs. Herd and the teachers who provided the amazing food – including a chocolate waterfall!

Thank you to Krista Wall for the invitations, to Gigi Predmore for coordinating, and to Traci DiStasio and Jill Corriveau who helped set-up. Thank you to the Awards Committee: Jeff Wall, Tammy Penarczyk and Jane Dulski.

Thank you to the students and Girl Scouts who provided babysitting: Chloe Predmore, Dominique Alvarado-Holden, Ellie Smith, Ellie Viotto, Emily Wallace, Emma Santos, Kellie Hannigan, Megan O'Meara, Natalie LaTurner, Ryan Hammack, Sam Vidos, Sophie Mackinnon, Sun Sun Venugopal, Sofia Viotto and Vivian Wiese.

Thanks to our adult childcare advisors, Elena Biongianni, Randy Hammack, Steve Wiese, (and to April Wiese for her oversight and coordination). Also, thank you to Jim Kendall and Gail Viamonte for letting us use their rooms for the childcare.

Lastly, we would like to thank Mikara Tim and Liviu Voinea, our wonderful school custodians, who helped us get everything set-up in a very short amount of time.

Three awards were presented this year – Outstanding Educator, the Golden Acorn and the Shining Star. Our always giving Principal, Mrs. Tracey Miller, was awarded the Outstanding Educator. Traci DiStasio was awarded the Golden Acorn, and Gigi Predmore was awarded the Shining Star. The Outstanding Educator is a WA State PTA award to recognize individuals who go beyond the normal expectations of their jobs to make the learning environment fun, beneficial and challenging. The Golden Acorn is also a state award and recognizes a volunteer who has given outstanding service to all children in the school community. The Shining Star is a McAuliffe award to recognize a past Golden Acorn award recipient who has continued to go above and beyond in their service to our children and community. We are all inspired by the three award winning ladies.

The PTSA would also like to recognize the following people who were also nominated for the Golden Acorn: Susan Simon, Roslynn Marks, Whitney King, Jennifer Mackleit, Lisa Carskaden, Kristen Wisegarver, Valerie Orloff, Liza Wallace, April Wiese, Laura Bolz, Kristen Mathison, Sarah Atkinson, and Jane Dulski. Congratulations to you all!