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Dear Parents,

Community Service is an important theme at GIS all year long. For example, our Grade 3 students take short field trips to visit Goshen senior citizens several times a year. They sing and read for the senior citizens, and often they bring hand made gifts and play card games or board games with their senior friends.

Our students also share their musical talents with the community at many performances throughout the year. You’ve probably enjoyed some toe-tapping music by our students at the mall or in the park downtown. Younger students at Scotchtown Avenue School always enjoy chorus and instrumental concerts by the GIS students.

Of course, the centerpiece of community service at GIS is the vibrant Youth Ending Hunger Club. They manage a wonderful food pantry located in a storage room here at GIS. Throughout the year, the club collects food to distribute to families in need. During the recent winter holidays, they distributed large boxes of food items to 40 families. On Valentine’s Day, they gave gifts of health and bath items to some more recipients.

Now the club is beginning their annual spring-time collection to prepare gifts for the Easter/Passover holiday season. Mrs. Sue-Anne Dropkin, the club advisor, has announced a classroom competition for the month of March. The class that brings in the largest number of food items will have a celebration at the end of the month.

As always, we appreciate your support of this valuable community service that helps teach students life-long lessons in generosity.

Sincerely,
Mary Ann Knight, principal