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Staff Editorial: Giving back with USPS Adopt-A-Letter Newspaper Staff
Every year USPS gets thousands of letters to Santa that are never read, and the kids never get their gift from Santa. Enter Operation Santa. USPS launched Operation Santa in 1912. According to the official site of the program, “Postmaster General Frank Hitchcock created Santa’s first mailroom—authorizing local postmasters to open up these letters for employees to read and respond.” The letters from the kids generally start to come on the 25th of November. The kids will be asking for
Frank’s letter to Santa and one of his two requested gifts. Photo by: Katelyn Gwennap
things such as toys, coats, shoes, etc. You can make their wish come true by adopting a letter and buying what they want from Santa for them. The gifts will be sent directly to the kids. All gifts have to be shipped by December 20th. Adopting a letter is free and all you have to do is pay for the present and shipping. So, in this spirit, and to put our money where our mouth is, our newspaper staff has decided to forego the typical “Secret Santa” and opt into #USPSOperationSanta. The Signal team will be adopting the letter of
Frank, a 4 year-old-boy. We as a team think that it is very important to give back to the community, and it’s a good thing to do. We strongly encourage you to give back to the community this season, to hopefully make a little Christmas Miracle come true for someone. In order to adopt a letter go to https://www.uspsoperationsanta.com/. Both individuals and teams can contribute. Happy Holidays from The Signal!
The Runza Student of the Week: Natalie Arnold Natalie Arnold receiving her Student of the week award from Runza. Photo by: Paxton DeVault
Kelsie Anderson Reporter
Senior Natalie Arnold won the Runza Student of the Week. “It was pretty exciting because it was something cool and different that not a of people get all the time, especially from TJ,” explained Arnold. According to the website Runza.com/student, some of the requirements included “balancing homework, school & community involvement, and one’s personal life.” The article also said, “Runza® Restaurants and KETV created a partnership to honor senior students for their achievements in the classroom and in the community & provide them a $500 scholarship for college.” “I feel good about earning the scholarship because anything would help with college,” Ar-
nold added. She plans on attending the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska. Mrs. Carla Hartenhoff, TJ’s senior counselor, nominated Arnold for this award. “A lot of the time I have students that are very involved in a lot of different things and with Natalie,” said Hartenhoff.
“She was involved in student counseling, National Honor Society (NHS), sports, clubs, and organizations.” “She really represents all of the different options that students have at Thomas Jefferson high school, so she seemed like a very good option for me to nominate,” added Hartenhoff. There are no requirements for
nominations, however, for the nomination they want to know that students are high achieving, leaders in the classroom, participating in the athletic field, in clubs and organizations. They also want to see that the student is an epitome and has a lot of pride in their school. Together, Hartenhoff and
Arnold worked together for her nomination by gathering all the activities that she is involved in and making a paper that is sort of like her resume with making sure that it was thorough enough for the nomination. “Since I have been working here at TJ for the past 11 years, we’ve probably had three or four students earn the Runza Student of the Week,” Hartenhoff concluded. The scholarship from the Runza Student of the Week will give recognition to Arnold and she will be on the KETV channel where they will give her a 30 second commercial about the things that she has accomplished here at Thomas Jefferson High School.