It‘s not challenging to get adults to boast about your work within a school, or perhaps have community leaders provide accolades on your outstanding programs. For Pasteur Elementary School Principal Sharon Lawson, ‗grown-up praise‘ is great and much appreciated. But it is the students‘ opinions of Pasteur and their take on the learning environ- ment that matter most to her. ―When I walk through the halls and see the smiling faces of my students, or they hug me and talk about how much they‘re enjoying a certain program—that‘s what I love,‖ Lawson said. ―Children have a voice here. If they have a prob- lem, they can come to speak with me directly.‖ Perhaps the second-ranking voice of Pasteur belongs to parents, and then everyone else falls in line. This trait of Lawson‘s—always putting her students and parents first—is why Marcy Feldman, President of the Pasteur Elementary School Alumni Foundation, says Pasteur is such a successful school. ―She actually listens to parents and community members, and allows us to come in and help,‖ Feldman said. ―That‘s not always the case. You‘d be amazed at how difficult it can be to try to come into a school and make a difference. It can‘t happen if the principal isn‘t willing to work with you.‖ ‘These are OUR students’ Saying the Alumni Foundation, which originated in 1996, is active at Pasteur is an under- statement. As the oldest and largest elementary school alumni foundation within DPS, Pasteur has a database of more than 1,400 alums, with graduation dates ranging from 1934 to the early 1990s, and roughly 255 paid foundation members. These men and women volunteer with the Reading Corps program, plan field trips for students, host career day events, provide holiday dinners for families, regularly donate hats and gloves, have purchased curtains for classrooms, provide a weekly book give-away to students, continuously donate items such as printers, athletic uniforms, musical instruments, AND the list goes on! Pasteur Elementary Pasteur Elementary School School Where listening to the student voice matters most November 19-23, 2012 School of the Week: Pasteur Elementary School 1 Sheila Langford, Academic Engagement Administrator, Marcy Feldman, President of the Pasteur Elementary School Alumni Foundation, and Principal Sharon Lawson
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It‘s not challenging to get adults to boast about
your work within a school, or perhaps have
community leaders provide accolades on your
outstanding programs.
For Pasteur Elementary School Principal
Sharon Lawson, ‗grown-up praise‘ is great and
much appreciated. But it is the students‘ opinions
of Pasteur and their take on the learning environ-
ment that matter most to her.
―When I walk through the halls and see the
smiling faces of my students, or they hug me and
talk about how much they‘re enjoying a certain
program—that‘s what I love,‖ Lawson said. ―Children have a voice here. If they have a prob-
lem, they can come to speak with me directly.‖
Perhaps the second-ranking voice of Pasteur belongs to parents, and then everyone else
falls in line. This trait of Lawson‘s—always putting her students and parents first—is why
Marcy Feldman, President of the Pasteur Elementary School Alumni Foundation, says
Pasteur is such a successful school.
―She actually listens to parents and community members, and allows us to come in and
help,‖ Feldman said. ―That‘s not always the case. You‘d be amazed at how difficult it can be
to try to come into a school and make a difference.
It can‘t happen if the principal isn‘t willing to work
with you.‖
‘These are OUR students’
Saying the Alumni Foundation, which
originated in 1996, is active at Pasteur is an under-
statement. As the oldest and largest elementary
school alumni foundation within DPS, Pasteur has a
database of more than 1,400 alums, with graduation
dates ranging from 1934 to the early 1990s, and
roughly 255 paid foundation members.
These men and women volunteer with the
Reading Corps program, plan field trips for students,
host career day events, provide holiday dinners for
families, regularly donate hats and gloves, have
purchased curtains for classrooms, provide a weekly
book give-away to students, continuously donate items such as printers, athletic uniforms,