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ALL AROUND OLD BRIDGE
DECEMBER 2017
CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SUCCEEDS IN PIE FUNDRAISER
By Jonah A. Conte
This Thanksgiving season, Calvary Christian School held a pie-selling fundraiser to help the school’s funds for the future. The first-grade class, in particular, sold the most pies by far, selling 85 of the total 354 that were sold. This number exceeded everyone’s expectations, especially the firstgrade teacher, Bryan Grosvenor. Mr. Grosvenor, “Mr. G,” had some words to say after asked about his thoughts on this fundraiser. He said, “I have been blessed to have a great group of first grade students and parents this year. My first-grade class is very energetic and always ready to try new things. This year my first-grade class took that energy and worked together to sell many pies to their families and friends. I know two individuals in my class who sold more than 30 pies. They were very excited to be a part of something that would help the school and their communities. A special thanks goes to the first-grade parents. They did an amazing job helping and orga-
nizing this great pie fundraiser.” These pies were from Battleview Orchards, and nine delicious flavors were available to buy. This variety of flavors included apple, pumpkin, pecan, coconut custard, lemon, cherry, no-sugar apple, and Dutch apple. The most popular pie that was sold was by far the Dutch apple flavor. Families who attend the school and CCOB each ordered pies. Principal Jim Dunne of Calvary Christian School gave a statement about this contest. “We are so blessed to have church and school families come alongside to support the school through this fundraiser. We sold just under 400 pies this year, so the bar is set high for future years. This is the body of Christ in action” Each class in this fundraising “competition” was given the possible reward of a pizza and ice-cream party. This motivation definitely played a role in the first-grade class’ ability to win by a large margin. It’s definitely wonderful to see these young students take initiative to try to sell more pies than the older
students. Not only do they get a prize at the end for excelling, the m on e y t h e y r ais e a l l ow s their scho ol to excel as well. This kind of event also creates more opportunities to be able to hold fundraisers and other important and fun events in the future. More p ossibilities allow CCS to give its students the tools to succeed in any season of t h e y e a r.
Bottom Row: Ella Vengelis, Naomi Jung, Davina Jason, Sarah Mathew, Eliana Larsen, Priscilla Yang, Annabelle Hedglin 2nd Row: Rani Ney, Dylan Milo, Zachary Negron, Ethan McCurdy, Caleb Lombardo, Aaron Adesina, Sophia Hernandez Top Row: Mrs. Pizza, Mora Kelada, Esmee Kpeli, Parker Morgan, Jack Seidman, Eli Rodriguez, Mr. Grosvenor Not Pictured: Daniel Fennel and Zoe Strader