November 25, 2008

Today I had the pleasure of being a guest at Castle Rock Middle School's pep assembly! Castle Rock is a school in the Billings heights. Over the course of the past month I have been working with a wonderful team of consultants for Montana Behavioral Initiative's Youth Days. Randy Chase and Megan Parish are both Youth Days consultants and teachers at Castle Rock! I was excited to see the school community that they are a part of at Castle Rock. The pep assembly reflected this sense of community. The air was filled with catchy tunes that the pep band was playing and the entire gym was filled with energy. When it was my turn to speak I found myself looking up to a sea of 650 middle school students. They were incredibly respectful and welcoming. Towards to the end of my talk the bell rang and not one student stood up. The entire gym calmly waited for me to wrap up my speech! I was so impressed! The students at Castle Rock are such leaders! You have a lot to be proud of Castle Rock! I will proudly sport my Castle Rock student of the month shirt throughout the year!

After school I paid a visit to the Castle Rock Boys & Girls Club program. I was able to share my "Beyond the Bell" story and talk about the 4 S's of afterschool (Safety, Studies, Support & Success).