Love Our Schools Day annually brings communities, businesses, parents, teachers and students together for a day of service aimed at beautifying their schools.
This year’s Love Our Schools Day, held on Saturday, Oct. 19, was a success.
Here are some of the projects that happened on Love Our Schools Day:
Desert Mountain Elementary School
- Painted the bathrooms.
Faith Mather Sossaman Elementary
- Hosted a campus clean up.
- Refreshed the four square, hopscotch, and basketball lines.
Frances Brandon-Pickett Elementary
- Worked with Moon Valley Nursery who donated supplies, plants, and flowers for a garden in the kinder “garden" playground area.
Gateway Polytechnic Academy (GPA)
- One Life Church donated time and resources to school beautification.
Jack Barnes Elementary
- Campus clean up of student desks and lunch tables.
- Retouched hallways with paint.
- Thank you cards were made for staff.
Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary
- Painted new hopscotches and a United States map on the concrete.
- Fluffed the turf.
- Wrote positive chalk messages around campus.
Queen Creek Elementary
- Cleaned up their gardens.
Schnepf Elementary
- Student leadership groups worked with parent volunteers with beautification and a sensory path.
Silver Valley Elementary
- Collected books, games, and bags of candy to share with students and families.
- Created cards and wrote encouraging messages on the sidewalks of our school to spread positivity and brighten the day for everyone in the community.
Newell Barney College Prep
- Students wrote notes for teachers and put together a basketball hoop.
Queen Creek Junior High School
- Cleaned and power-washed all of the sidewalks.
- National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) wrote messages with sidewalk chalk.
Crismon High School
- Worked with Mountain View Church to finalize the Rattler logo that was painted in the hall that needs a few final touch ups.
Eastmark High School
- Touched up the Firebird logo by the flagpole.
- Partnered with clubs to redo the vinyl signage around the school to identify specific buildings and rooms.
- Cleaned the outdoor bleachers and indoor bleachers to prepare for winter sports seasons.
- Finalized an art painting within the B building.
Queen Creek High School
- Painted the fence by the bikes.
Queen Creek Unified School District (QCUSD) would like to thank all the parents, PTOs, businesses, teachers, partners, and students who contributed to making their school a better place.
