April 2012 District News Review.indd - East Aurora Union Free School

Memorial lacrosse game on April 21 raises
$200.00 for Upstate NY Transplant Services
Fourth annual game is a
tribute to Mike “Schafe”
Schaffer; players raise
awareness for organ
and tissue donation
On Saturday, April 21,
the EAHS girls lacrosse
team held their fourth
annual “Donate Life”
memorial game in honor
of former EA Booster
president Mike Schafer,
who passed away unexpectedly
fi ve years ago.
With team members
wearing the Donate
Life campaign’s bright
green jerseys, the game
culminated Donate Life
month, when players
collected loose change
in exchange for a UN-
YTS bracelet.
(Top left) Mike Schaffer’s
daughter Jenn
Schafer attended the
game and received fl owers from the team in honor of her father.
Photos/C. Schutrum
Earth Day observed in activities
Students from the East Aurora Middle School Explorers
Club teamed worked with Mr. Doug Wicks
and the Buildings and Grounds Department to help
weed fl ower beds at the Middle School. This Earth
Day activity showed that team work helps make the
East Aurora Middle School the best it can be. The Explorers
Club is co-advised by Mrs. Barron/Mrs. Bilson and Mrs.
Krull, who noted that students left feeling great pride with
their accomplishment as well as with their school.
At the High School, DECA sponsored “Go Green Week”
April 23-27, including a different “go green” activity/tip
every day to be more mindful of the environment. Activities
included: Monday - Recycle Mania - making sure that
papers and plastics are being recycled; Tuesday - Turn off
the lights day - make sure to turn lights off when leaving a
room, and if possible, pull the shades up and teach without
the lights on to save energy; Wednesday - Use the whiteboard/
chalkboard to save energy; Thursday - Carpool/Ride your bike
Eric Carle Activity Day at Parkdale
The books of Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The
Very Busy Spider among others) inspired Miss Jenner’s kindergarten
students in a variety of activities.
Station 1- Students built a caterpillar with sight words (to revisit
and review sight words);
Station 2- At the snack station, students
could create edible spiders and caterpillars
to go along with the Eric Carle’s
books; and,
Station 3- Creative Writing allowed
students to create a book title for the
next Eric Carle book. The trick was that
the title had to have the same beginning
sound in each word. For ex: The Mushy
Mushroom or The Lazy Lion.
to school day; Friday: Wear “Go green” t-shirts and drink out of
reusable water bottles.