WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Braswell rejoins Governing board     David Braswell is the newest member of the Washington Elementary School District Governing Board. He was appointed to the Board by Maricopa County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Sandra E. Dowling and sworn in on Jan. 2, 2008. Braswell’s appointment fills the Board position vacated by Kate McGee, who resigned from the board in November 2007.     Braswell was elected previously to the WESD Governing Board, serving from 1998 to 2002. Additionally he served on the Glendale Union High School District Governing Board from 2003 to 2006, where he president in 2006.     Braswell is chief executive officer and co-founder of Upslope Solutions, which offers professional development training and products to assist school districts in accountability management. Braswell has more than 26 years of experience in education and related research. He has spent more than two decades designing and producing curriculum management software that has helped educators plan, design, and focus on standards-driven curriculum management and sound instructional decision-making.     Educated at Western Carolina University, Braswell received a Bachelor of Science in Education with a K-12 Reading Certification in 1978 and a Master of Education in Administration in 1986. He has held teaching, building level and district level administrative positions in Georgia, North Carolina, South Dakota, and New Mexico. Students exceed goal with food drive     Royal Palm Middle School students strived to help families in need during the holiday season through food donations. The campus held two separate food drives to benefit families in the Royal Palm region during November and December. Students in all three grades donated more than 2,000 food items that were divided up into 21 food boxes. Additional items were donated to the Dessert Mission Food Bank operated by John C. Lincoln hospital.     Each food box contained a variety of canned fruits, vegetables and beans, as well as pasta and cereal selections. In addition, a chicken, turkey or ham was included for each family and 10 boxes had a gift card to a local grocery store. The Royal Palm National Junior Honor Society and Student Council led the effort in collecting the food from classrooms. The art department aided efforts by making holiday ornaments and bookmarks to sell. The profits from the sale paid for the gift cards.     Families were identified through various sources. The campus has an array of outside resources to help its students.The referrals for the food boxes came through Valle del Sol, the City of Phoenix, and counseling referrals from Royal Palm.     “These efforts directly benefit our community and teach students the importance of donating time, food, and services to those in need,” said Jamie O’Keeffe, Team 7A Reading teacher at Royal Palm. “At Royal Palm we encourage our kids to have great character and to be pillars of our community.”

 

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