{"id":6584,"date":"2020-06-04T17:39:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T01:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6584"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:39:23","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T01:39:23","slug":"volunteer-red-asselin-martin-awarded-golden-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/06\/04\/volunteer-red-asselin-martin-awarded-golden-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteer Red Asselin Martin awarded Golden Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Volunteer Red Asselin Martin receives Golden Apple award at Paul Banks Elementary during a Virtual Board of Education meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

Ms. Red Asselin Martin, Paul Banks Elementary volunteer
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Golden Apple Award | June 1, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cAs the principal of Paul Banks Elementary in Homer, Alaska, I have witnessed firsthand the incredible resource that \u201cRed\u201d or Ms. Lisa Asselin Martin is for our school,\u201d wrote nominator Eric Pederson. \u201cShe is a parent, the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) president, Sprout partner, and community advocate, and emulates all of the qualities the Golden Apple award represents. In the three years I have worked with her, she has gone from active parent to school leader.\u201d<\/p>–Nominator Eric Pederson, Paul Banks Elementary principal<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Paul Banks Elementary has numerous activities\nthroughout the school year such as fundraisers, movie nights, Bingo for Books,\nand the Scholastic Book Fair, and it does not take long to notice that Red is\nbehind many of them. As the PTA president, she saw a need for afterschool\nchildcare when we moved to an early start and dismissal\u2014so she created our\nafterschool program. All kindergarten to second grade students are invited to\nparticipate, including our students with special needs. Because of her\nleadership and skill in recruiting community members to teach, students have\nbeen able to choose from a variety of activities, including sign language,\nJapanese, Legos, Zumba, Outdoor Explorers, and Sports Hour. <\/p>\n\n\n

During the potential KPBSD staff strike last fall, Red\nassembled pop-up childcare for working parents, utilizing volunteers and church\nspace, and coordinated with other schools. As a Birth to Three Sprout staff\nmember, she collaborated with Paul Banks Elementary to provide a weekly open\ngym playgroup for children ages one to four. This has allowed many of our young\nstudents to arrive already being familiar with our school. Red teaches\nparenting classes open to the whole community that benefits our families.<\/p>\n\n\n

Recently, Red organized and facilitated a State\nEducation Budget 101 for our entire community. The event brought people from\nopposing fiscal viewpoints together where factual data was shared and everyone\nhad a great discussion. <\/p>\n\n\n

The Paul Banks Elementary staff shared the following\ndescriptors for Red: \u201cpersistent, thoughtful, caring, persistent,\ncompassionate, gracious, persistent, hilarious, approachable, supportive and\nPERSISTENT.\u201d Principal Eric Pederson wrote, \u201cRed is one of those parents who\nhas made me a better and more thoughtful person and leader. Her support,\ninnovation, and contribution to our school community will be dearly missed at\nPaul Banks Elementary when her child moves to West Homer Elementary for the\nAugust 2020 school year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of\nEducation is proud to recognize Ms. Red Asselin Martin for her dedication to\nthe students of the school district, past, present, and future.<\/p>\n\n\n