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Nevada-Utah Conference
2021 Workathon at Summit Christian Academy
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Full Rally: https://fb.watch/5ygMPAQnbb/ Last part of rally in slow motion: https://fb.watch/5ygJpRVDAR/ E very year, Summit Christian Academy (SCA) staff, students, parents, and friends of the Salt Lake City school participate in a workathon. The students send out letters to friends, family, and church members asking them to be their sponsors. The students typically do a day of community service away from the school campus; however, this year, due to the pandemic, things were done a little differently.
Everyone joined forces for a cleanup day at the school facility. Activities included cleaning up the school grounds, hallways, and gym walls. Classmates in grades TK-2 used their energy removing rocks prior to the first lawn mowing of the year. They did a terrific job!
As each of the income goals set by the teachers was achieved, a unique award incentive for the workathon participants took place. At the accomplishment of the $6,000 goal, all of the students received a frozen fruit bar. When the $7,000 goal was realized, the third- and fourth-grade teacher, Ms. McCaw, dyed her hair something wild and crazy. At $7,500, SCA’s fifth- and sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Roy, had his head shaved. At the accomplishment of the $8,000 goal, Rith Dok, the seventh- and eighth-grade teacher, and his wife, Nicola Dok, who teaches TK-K, made root beer floats for the students. “I liked the root beer floats we got for reaching one of our goals the best!” exclaimed first-grader Cylan Ciulla. When the final goal of $9,000 was reached, first-
and second-grade teacher Sara Willard made s’mores for everyone. As of this writing, $9,040 in donations have been received.
The fun and excitement of watching Ms. McCaw and Mr. Roy on Dye and Shave Day was a reward looked forward to by all. Third-grader Caleb Ciulla said, “It was fun watching Mr. Roy have his head shaved and Ms. McCaw having her hair dyed purple and teal!” A big thanks to hairdresser Evon Webb for making the whole experience entertaining and memorable for one and all.
On top of the tremendous success with the cash donations, the school chose to collect boxes of cereal as a community service project. More than 200 boxes were donated to the local food bank as a result of the efforts of students and staff. The children got the chance to test their skills by lining up all 208 boxes of cereal, domino style, in the school hallway—starting at the top of the second-floor ramp and winding down the ramp to the main hallway on the first floor. Debbie the school. We also go to Wheeler Historic Farm to Lawrence, a member of the SCA administrative assistant help them clean up and get ready for their summer team, shared, “It was exciting to observe the students’ programs,” she explained. “In spite of the constraints, excitement grow as they did we were able to come up with the countdown to the domino other work projects. One was cereal box rally.” It was sending cards to the care centers thrilling to watch the boxes near the school. Another was fall. Even better, the cereal the breakfast cereal drive for the donation delivery to the Utah food bank. COVID-19 guidelines Food Bank weighed in at 272 encouraged distance and pounds! isolation; however, we felt it was
Cindy McCaw, SCA head important to reach out to others. teacher and third- and Next year we hope to get back fourth-grade teacher, shared to our former service projects, her satisfaction and delight while adding the care centers and with the outcome of the food bank to our list of projects in event. “Due to the restraints reaching out to our community.” the COVID-19 pandemic It is inspiring to see what a brought upon us, this year’s school of exuberant youth are workathon was a change able to do when challenged with from other years. We usually a worthy task. Keep up the good go and work in our community work! by cleaning up the parks and ____________________ the neighborhoods around By Debbie Lawrence
When the $7,000 goal was realized, the third- and fourth-grade teacher, Ms. McCaw, dyed her hair something wild and crazy. At $7,500, SCA’s fifth- and sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Roy, had his head shaved.
