Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
Staunton teachers performed with members of the band during the recent School of Rock event sponsored by the Staunton PTO. Pictured (L to R) are teacher Valene Carter; Adrian Vesper; teacher Tabitha Miller; Jim Goldasich; teachers Brianna Bohlen, J.J. Kolesar; with Jim Sharp, Tony Law, D.J. Peck, and Mark Kramer.
The Staunton PTO School of Rock fund- raiser, which was hosted last Saturday, Feb. 11, at Concordia Hall, raised around $5,000. The money raised will directly benefit the students in a multitude of ways including field trips, reward incentives, classroom funding, and playground improvements, just to name a few.
Community support for the event was outstanding. From early in the evening, Concordia Hall's parking lot was filled to capacity, and extra tables had to be brought out to accommodate attendees. Music start- ed at 6 p.m. with an acoustic performance by John Masinelli. Hashtag80 took the stage a little after 7 p.m.
Food was sold, and attendance prizes were raffled off throughout the night. The best prizes were raffled off to lucky guests towards the end of the night which featured center ice St. Louis Blues tickets, a fire pit, canopy swing, Chromebook, gift card tree, scratch-off lottery ticket bundle, and many elaborate themed baskets donated by differ- ent grade levels.
The highlight of the night featured sing- ing performances from Staunton teachers Tabitha Miller, Valene Carter, Brianna Bohlen, and J.J. Kolesar. Students, parents, and guests filled the dance floor and sang along as each teacher gave a stellar perfor- mance to the packed house.
The Staunton PTO would like to thank Concordia Hall for their support in hosting the event for a third time. Another big thank you to all the volunteers who generously gave their time to make this event a suc- cess, as well as the musicians for donating their time and talent. Thank you to all the parents and teachers who donated to the themed baskets which were instrumental in helping to raise funds. Finally, the PTO would like to thank the following individu- als and businesses for their generous dona- tions, which greatly helped to make this event a huge success: Bill's IGA, Duda Ace Hardware, Little Italy's, NAPA Auto Parts, Jim and Cheryl McKay, Russell Furniture, Madison Telco, Sullivan Drugs, Mike Bellovich of RE/MAX Alliance, Roosters Pub, Asian Bistro by Olette, Bank of Hill- sboro, Luketich Arms, Cisler Real Estate, Brick House Florist, Pasta House Co. of Edwardsville, Ageless, Clippin House, R&B's Family Restaurant, Staunton Sports Boosters.
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