Students and teachers at Mountain View Elementary School in East Cobb were recognized last week by the Cobb Board of Commissioners for a book drive they conducted for students at Clay Elementary School in Mableton.
During the drive, the Mountain View students met their goal of providing a new book for each Clay student to take home over the Christmas and New Years’s holiday break, collecting and donating used books, making bookmarks and wrapping and decorating each book with bows, ribbons and stickers.
The drive was undertaken in response to hearing about a dearth of reading materials for students at Clay, whose principal, Dr. Cynthia Winter, attended Mountain View. The Mountain View students took measures to provide books for Clay students that closely matched their reading interests.
Here’s Mountain View Elementary Principal Renee Garriss, in a comment from the Cobb County School District:
“We make it a priority to engage our children in acts of compassion and gratitude, of being nice to one another and thinking globally about kindness. Every day we invite our students to live out our mottos, which are ‘Be Nice, Show Compassion, and Express Gratitude.’ This is just one way in which they connect their learning with the world around them, and it so beautifully shows the kind of kids we have, thoughtful, generous, and kind.
“To be able to play a small part in connecting the students’ efforts allows us all at Mountain View to be active in what we believe: that the world is made better by practicing compassion and expressing gratitude. Our students are committed to not only doing their best every day but being their best, to making a difference in their community and to the world. It’s a simple act, to give someone a book, but the impact goes far beyond, and in the case of a child, can last a lifetime.”
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