Meet the EAST Conference 2020 team of Marshall High School led by facilitator Coach Tommy Welch!

QIs this your program's first time submitting for

tation. When they announced our name, Coach Welch (facilitator) let the Founder's Award? out a LOUD scream, jumped up, FACILITATOR: YES (WOOHOO) TEAM MEMBER: It’s still unreal to us! and did some kind of dance. The people in the restaurant thought he was crazy, but after we announced what was going on, they applauded

QWhy did you decide to submit an application for

the Founder's Award?

TEAM MEMBER: It has always been Q Why was it important for

and some even stood up.

something that the facilitator has Founder's Award told us to shoot for. We felt that application? our program had grown more this year than in years past, due to the Production Crew getting out in the community and offering our services wherever needed. TEAM MEMBER: It is a way to prove to yourself that the work you are doing is following the excellence of being an EAST program. That NO MATTER how big or small your FACILITATOR: The six students in this bunch have grown not only as individuals but as a group. They were determined from the start of the school year to prove to themselves that they had the right program is, you can make a difference in a unique way that not only helps those in your community but allows an experience that you will take with you for the rest of your life. stuff. We developed a philosophy of "Be Humble & Kind, But Make Every Day Count," and "Attitude Reflects Leadership." With this Q What advice would you

your program to submit a

in hand, they truly felt that they considering submitting were right in line to meet ALL for Founder's Award the Cornerstone requirements. next year? FACILITATOR: Start at the begin

Describe what it felt like when you were notified that you were 1 of 4 Founder's Award winners for EAST Conference 2020.

TEAM MEMBER: We were out in Q ning of the year! TEAM MEMBER: Yes, start at the beginning of the school year collecting the requirements that cover the Cornerstone elements of the Founder’s Award. the community working on a project and had stopped in a local restaurant to grab lunch. While we were waiting for food to arrive, we watched the Facebook live presen

give a school who is

QWhat is something you know now that you wish you knew prior to submitting for the Founder's Award or even 8 EAST QUARTERLY | www.EASTinitiative.org starting EAST?

FACILITATOR: That COVID-19 was going to impact the EAST Conference and the opportunity for the students to share their projects with their peers.

QHow do you plan to follow up on the success of this year?

FACILITATOR: Keep pushing to help make our community, school, and other EAST programs better in any way that we can. TEAM MEMBER: To Be Humble and Kind, But Make Every Day Count!!!!!!!!!

QIf you could plan a Founder's Award recipient celebration what would it look like?

FACILITATOR: We’d love to still celebrate and be honored at EAST Conference 2021 so that the team can experience what it's like to present on the stage and soak in all the positivity and excitement. TEAM MEMBER: I don’t really know, but I know I want it to involve the other winners!

MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL

QIs there anything else you'd like to share with us? Inside jokes, life hacks, success tips for EAST, motivational quotes, and sayings you use to keep going, favorite snack during work time? *

FACILITATOR: Don't eat pancakes in the van on the way to train another school.

Meet the Marshall High 2020 EAST Conference Team:

Emily England

Gage Mayfield

Meagan Roberts

Thomas Sutterfield

*Heather Blocker

*Blaze Thomas

Fun Fact: This program was started in 1999 by Jerry Prince, current Senior Director of Programs at EAST!