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Scales Mound, a small rural school of 53
high school students, adopted a classroom in
the Houston area. When Advisor and School
Counselor Brooke Deppe was shown a
Facebook post by a parent she brought the in-
formation to the students of Scales Mound as
an opportunity to make a difference. Through
a posting on Sun, Sand and Second Grade,
Deppe and National Honor Society members
were able to adopt a classroom that was
affected by Hurricane Harvey. The idea was
to collect basic supplies or gift cards to help
Houston area students with items to get their
classrooms back in running order.
Scales Mound students were quickly set up
to help a classroom at Goose Creek Memo-
rial High School in Baytown, Texas. Deppe
worked directly with the classroom teacher,
Tanya Barajas, to compile a list of needed
items. Flooding occurred the first day of
school at Goose Creek Memorial. The focus
was to get help for the 130 students. The
NHS team asked for college ruled compo-
sition notebooks, notebook paper, folders,
toiletries, cleaning supplies, hand sanitiz-
er, Kleenex, and gift card donations from
students and families preschool through 12th
grade. Students spent a little under a week
collecting items. Once items were received
NHS members packed up boxes and sent
them to the receiving school. Shipping was
paid by funds earned through the Society’s
main fundraiser, which is the Community
Calendar. Maddie Cocagne, senior member,
stated, “It was awesome to do some commu-
nity service not just for Scales Mound and
our surrounding communities, but also on a
global level.”
The school district and its communities
adopted Thompson Intermediate School in
Houston, Texas after it was devastated by
Hurricane Harvey. Thompson Intermediate
had to relocate to another building in their
district due to the damage. They also needed
new supplies due to the flooding. Funds were
raised by students paying a $1 to wear hats
every Friday and by the staff paying a $1 to
wear jeans through the month of September
and first week of October. One community
in our district sponsored a gospel sing and
donated the offering to our fundraising efforts.
All of our surrounding communities ordered
items for Thompson Intermediate off of their
Amazon Wish List. Shawnee students raised
more than $750 to assist Thompson Interme-
diate School.
In efforts to provide hurricane relief to vic-
tims, Sparta District 140 teamed up with
Stock Transport to deliver 20.5 pallets of
supplies donated by school community
members and visiting athletic teams.
SCALES MOUND CUSD 211
SUPT. DR. WILLIAM CARON
SHAWNEE CUSD 84
SUPT. SHELLY CLOVER-HILL
SPARTA CUSD 140
SUPT. DR. GABRIELLE SCHWEMMER
The Blue Ridge Knights boys’ basketball
team collected donations of Blue Ridge
apparel to send down to the victims of
Hurricane Harvey in Houston. This was
part of a larger project initiated by Houston
Rockets Coach Kelvin Sampson.
Beardstown Middle/High School, Gard
Elementary School and Beardstown Christian
Academy hosted a “Hats for Harvey” fund-
raising event for the victims of the hurricane.
Students were allowed to wear hats to school
for a minimum donation of $1. Teachers and
staff also could participate. The Beardstown
Student Council collected the money.
BEARDSTOWN CUSD 15
SUPT. RON GILBERT
BLUE RIDGE CUSD 18
SUPT. SUSAN E. WILSON