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Edgewater Elementary students’ hard work and efforts have been recognized by members of the local Masonic Lodge, who rewarded the group, and their leader, Mrs. Tegart, with a $200 bursary to spend as they wish. Pizza, anyone?
The group is made up of approximately 20 students from Grade 5 to 7 who, along with a few Grade 4 pupils, are continually willing to dedicate their recesses and occasionally home time to projects.
Working as a team, it’s about planning fun things for the little kids and bringing joy and fun to all of the students. Some of the school activities this group has completed this year are: three differentiated Halloween carnivals for K-7 students, organizing student-led interest clubs, and making several visits to Columbia House. They also put ‘Real Acts of Caring (RAC)’ week into action, an initiative which promotes doing something kind for others and expecting nothing in return.
Principal Darryl Turner states proudly that “EES and the Columbia Valley are lucky to have Mrs. Tegart and this group of future leaders.”
Floyd Verge, a former Edgewater Elementary School student (when it was where the ball diamond is now), had the pleasure of presenting the gift to the students along with some words of encouragement and wisdom.
Floyd, who is involved in many branches of freemasonry, first got interested in Masonry at his father’s Masonic funeral. He was impressed enough to explore further and learn that other family members also were Masons and that the aim of the group was to make good men better. This sparked his interest and he joined Columbia Lodge in his mid-40s.
