This is just one of the days the students are Little Willy Wonka's. Yes, these students are making candy items. Choclate covered pretzels. Marshmallows on a stick covered in Dark Chocolate. Oreos covered in chocolate. Brownies cut out as lips. Strawberry Chec cereal mix. (Not sure of everything they put into it). BUT it was great and tasty. Folks I know there was a lot more things that Jeane had them make up. But this is for Valantines Day FUN DAY. (Carnival)
They have been working on making everything in a week plus.
This is picture of my baby doing my job. collecting the money and giving out the tickets to sell the items we have for sale. I was sitting down eating some chicken my baby bought for me.
This is what this is all about, selling to the students and teachers and staff today. This is the 6th period of Friday. They changed the times today, so this Carnival could happen. We have one day out the month to have this for the students, it's like a reward for the good they are doing to get their grades up and just make Westwood a better place to go to high school. Getting back to the time changes. They have three lunch periods. (A,B,C) They are normally 30 minutes. But they start normally at 10:30am. Today, started at 12 noon instead. This way the students that go to MOA -Marine and Oceanographic Academy. This is a school that is tied to Westwood. It's an honor to go there and these students go to Westwood for the academic side of high school. Then they go MOA afterwards. They are picked up here at the school (in the morning) and brought back at noon so they can ride their bus back home. This way they can take part of the festive.
Just a side note, looking around seeing all these students wearing hoodies and sweatshirt. Folks it's 75 degrees out here. Just doesn't make sense.
This day is set aside so the clubs and classes to raise money for whatever they need it for. So, there are many places to buy, hotdogs, chicken, candy cotton, boiled peanuts, pizza, sandwiches from different business. example Chick-fil-A. Zaxbys, all kinds of different kinds of drinks, ice cream, pretty anything the students and teachers want to sell.
Well just to give to a run down on all we do today to make this happen. First Jeanne has the students make up whatever she wants them to sell. Hey, we have sold egg rolls, hot dogs, hamburgers. I know there are a few more things we have made to sell. I just can't think of them yet. But to tell you the best selling was the egg rolls.
I bring in 5 plastic tables. pails coolers (home) and whatever else she might need. We bought a 10ft x 20 ft. carport tent for just this event. I ask for a couple of her students to come with me to set everything that is needed for Carnival. It takes about 45 minutes to set up the tent and tables in place. Then I need to get the money out we need for selling tickets. Jeanne set up racks to carry out the items we are selling. Oh, we do all this in the courtyard in the middle of the school. Which you can see by the pictures what I am talking about. Then sell until 6th period if over and then have to break down. The sad part is all the students need to get on their buses and get home. So, Jeanne and I are pretty much the ones that do the break down. Hey, it's fun doing this each month, but I can tell you this, I am very happy we only do this once a month.
At the end after breaking everything down and loaded where everything goes. Then we get to go home and relax. (5:30pm) Today was a little harder than normally. It seems like we are always doing something. I am so glad I am retired; I really look back and see wow, I am busier now than when I use to work.
All I can say is I am so happy that I get to help my little girl out and we can work together and make things happen.
It really comes down to who we really are working for.
MY PRAYER IS TO BRING GLORY TO GOD AND SERVE HIM TO THE BEST I CAN.
My Bible reading is still in The Book of Deuteronomy. Folks I could recap and tell you about the law and all that is going on in this book, but there is much I still don't understand. So, I thank The Lord each day I get to read and just enjoy Him speaking to me.
My prayer is that you take some time and just read something today, in His Word.
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