{"id":6589,"date":"2020-06-04T20:12:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-05T04:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/?p=6589"},"modified":"2020-06-04T20:12:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T04:12:38","slug":"mrs-sharon-hale-awarded-golden-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2020\/06\/04\/mrs-sharon-hale-awarded-golden-apple\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrs. Sharon Hale awarded Golden Apple"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mrs. Sharon Hale, Redoubt Elementary School
Golden Apple Award | June 1, 2020
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cMrs. Sharon\nHale is an incomparable human who goes beyond her duties as if there were no\nother option,\u201d said nominator Stephanie Belger. \u201cShe is the librarian aide at\nRedoubt Elementary, and the whole community knows her as much more. My own\nchildren remember Mrs. Hale as the one who \u2018always made us tie our shoes and\ndresses up as Dr. Seuss’ Cat in the Hat.’ She is known for many activities in\nour school that are developed, continued, and spearheaded by her. A part-time\nemployee, she is constantly seen working over than weekend and later than many\nother staff because she cares about our school. She helps children connect with\nbooks so they can learn to love reading. She encourages every aspect of reading\nsupport\u2014even with the teachers!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Throughout the years Mrs. Hale has run the Scholastic\nBook Fair, the Sunshine Committee, the annual Walk Your Child to School\nactivity, the school-wide fundraiser, the math and science night, family night\nactivities throughout the year, the bike rodeo, and the Dr. Seuss and Love of\nReading month.<\/p>\n\n\n

This all is a tremendous feat but it is still shy of\nthe whole picture. She reaches out to peers, students, and the community with\neven more passion. Mrs. Hale can always be found giving individuals what they\nneed before they even know what they need! At every staff departure there is a\nspecial Mrs. Hale handmade gift. In addition, there is always one for new\ncoming baby “Roadrunners” as well. She never misses an opportunity to\nhelp students with Forensics, Geo-Bee, Spelling Bee, and is known to spot\nchildren with books, games, and anything that will encourage them out of her\nown pocket. She is a substitute and jumps in for the other half of the day as\nmuch as possible when teachers are in need at a moment’s notice. Mrs. Hale\nloves helping others, even to helping student learn how to sew in Friday\nelectives. Students can learn this wonderful trade and, staff call upon her on\nweekends to help with t-shirt quilts. She immediately gives of her time to\nassist with all the knowledge she has, and with her presence. Her outreach to\nthe community is also long lasting. She has given decades to the CES fire\nfamily as a wife to a fire chief, stiches of love community projects, and\nOiler’s baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Mrs. Sharon Hale has been working in our school\ndistrict since 1997, however she began volunteering at Redoubt Elementary in\n1991. She has impacted the Redoubt community officially for 23 years and\nunofficially for 29. By the count, she has positively supported over thirteen\nthousand students, hundreds of teachers, and several administrators. Her\nleadership, service, and remarkable contributions to everyone will forever be\nremembered. In the words of the current administrator, Principal Bill Withrow,\n“When you look at the heartbeat and pulse of our school, Sharon Hale’s\nname is in all of it.”<\/p>\n\n\n

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Board of\nEducation is proud to recognize Mrs. Sharon Hale for her dedication to the\nstudents of the school district, past, present, and future.<\/p>\n\n\n