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☀️ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇!
Next in our Summer Staff Spotlight series is 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐆𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐬, one of our amazing School’s Cool instructors.
As a teacher and a member of our community, Stephanie brought experience, compassion, and a genuine understanding of just how important those first steps toward school can be. Throughout the six-week program, she helped create a place where children could learn, grow, build friendships, and discover just how capable they are.
𝐈𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:
“𝘚𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴. 𝘌𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴. 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
We’re so happy Stephanie chose to share her experience and heart with School’s Cool this summer. What a wonderful way to give back to a community that means so much to her!
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☀️ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇!
Next in our Summer Staff Spotlight series is Abi Lewis, another one of our wonderful School’s Cool instructors.
With her third year of Education just around the corner, Abi brings energy, encouragement, and a love of active learning to the program. Through movement, play, and teamwork, she is helping children build the confidence and resilience they’ll carry into the classroom.
In Abi’s words:
“𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳. 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘺𝘮𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘶𝘮𝘴.”
We love having Abi as part of the School’s Cool team this summer. Her positive spirit is making a lasting impression on both the children and her fellow instructors!
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A heartfelt thank you to Keith Shiner, The Shiitake Project, and everyone who came out to Concert in the Trees last weekend!
We’re so grateful for your continued support of SIRCH and for everyone who attended, donated and helped make the evening such a success.
What an amazing community we have!Well folks that was a cold rainy Concert in the Trees! Thanks for those who braved the elements.
So far between money collected on the water and those who have donated online at SIRCH, we are at about $1200!!!
We are still accepting donations. Please use the drop down and select Concert in the Trees so we can track it.
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☀️ 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐇!
Next in our Summer Staff Spotlight series is 𝐄𝐦𝐦𝐚 𝐇𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧, one of our dedicated School’s Cool instructors.
Emma is currently studying Early Childhood Education and hopes to become a classroom teacher. Throughout the summer, she has brought patience, enthusiasm, and genuine care to the children in School’s Cool, helping them build confidence and prepare for the classroom in September.
In Emma's words:
“𝘈𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘌𝘊𝘌 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
We’re so grateful Emma chose to spend her summer helping our youngest learners get ready for their next big adventure!
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