Pleasant View R-6 School alumni are planning a return to their alma mater’s basketball court on Saturday, March 23 as they compete in an Alumni vs. Alumni basketball game.
The evening’s activities begin at 6 o’clock in the school gym with the alumni contest, followed by a second basketball game pitting the R-6 faculty/staff against students in grades five through eight. R-6 music teacher and math instructor Shani Kinney will be coaching the faculty/staff squad while R-6 alums Max McNabb and Dylan Harris and R-6 paraprofessional Amy Bethards will coach the students.
A basketball shootout for youth and adults will be held during the halftime of the alumni game, with a cost of $1 to participate. A cheer routine by students in grades kindergarten through four will be performed during halftime of the faculty/staff-student game.
Concessions including hamburgers, chips, hot dogs, nachos, pretzels and popcorn will also be available. Regular game admission will be charged.
The R-6 Community Club will be holding its annual live auction benefit between the two basketball games. Among the items to be auctioned are homemade desserts, a handmade quilt, a handmade knife, an aluminum-base picnic table, a 30-foot flag pole, a basket of home-canned goods, a handmade patriotic wallhanging, front row seats and a reserved parking spot to the spring production of “Pirates, the Musical,” front row seats and a reserved parking spot to the 2019 R-6 Christmas program, a ride to school with the Grundy County Rural Fire Protection District and a ride to school with Grundy County Sheriff Rodney Herring.
Desserts are being donated by R-6 parents, grandparents and supporters. The knife was made by Matt Ray, husband of second grade teacher Kim Ray.
Superintendent Rebecca Steinhoff made and donated the quilt, which measures 92 inches by 110 inches and has the Primitive Lotus Flower pattern. Brenda Kerr made a donated Rainbow Flip lap quilt that measures 54 1/2 inches by 72 inches, which will be given away as part of a raffle. Tickets are $5 each (or 5 for $20) and only 100 tickets will be sold. Both quilts are on display at the school. where raffle tickets are available.
Proceeds from the night’s activities will be used to fund educational field trips as well as school improvement projects. For more information, persons can call the school at 359-3438.
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