Let the Good Times Roll

Saturday night was the annual Christ School Mane Event and Auction. We had both silent and live auctions, and a great sit down dinner with filet mignon and shrimp. The silent auction went for over 2 hours; of course, the last 20 minutes was frantic with some parents camped in front of the item they wanted. The assistant principal and I offered Bowling with the Big Boys again: time off from school for the winner and 5 buds to bowl 2 lines and eat a hot dog with us. It went for $400, so that was good. I offered 4 hours of woodworking for 2 kids, and that went for double last year's price...$180 this year, and one of my parents bemoaned that she really wanted it but so many people were around the sign up sheet that she couldn't get to it...yadda yadda. I said it she really wanted it I'd offer another for her daughter and a friend at the same price. So I'm doing it twice. The moms of all the classes put together class baskets that sold for large prices. Both of our classes did well; the Born to be Wild (just like Mr. B) 5th grade basket sold for $300. And the parenthetical statement was really on the ticket!

The real deal of the evening was the live auction. There were 26 items and a great auctioneer with a flashy green vest. Your mom's class quilt was fifth on the list; she got up on stage and held it up while the bidding was going on. Top bid was $2,000! Your mom got teary eyed, the auctioneer pulled up the quilt and they talked behind it, and started bidding again for a second quilt. That one went for $1,400 so your mom has her work cut out for her. She's so pumped she's going to the Orange County Quilters' meeting tomorrow evening, and is bringing one of her quilts to talk about.

This had to be the most successful Mane Event ever for The Christ School. Joanne Fleming, our development director, did an outstanding job. (That's Joanne behind the mask with GB in the first picture.) The theme was Mardi Gras, TCS Style and it went over well. You can see from the pictures that some people really got into it. We were invited to sit at a table with four school board members right down in the front, and were honored to be included. Another fun thing about the evening was that our new school head was introduced - Dr. Jason Powell and wife Amy attended and were warmly welcomed. The staff had met Dr. Powell last Friday after school, and we introduce him to the students at our chapel on Monday. It is a relief to be finally done with the Search Committee work and see that it was worth all of the effort. Dr. Powell is a godly, humble, talented man who, for the first time in his life, feels called to his work. And he's just 33 years old. He's a keeper! Monday's chapel will be a bit longer so the kids and parents in attendance can learn a bit more about Dr. Powell. He will begin shadowing the interim principal after spring break and take the helm June 1.