The Association of California Administrators Delta Region has selected the Rotary Club of Brentwood for this year’s “Partners in Education Excellence Award.”
The Partners in Educational Excellence Award is given annually to exemplary school-community partnership programs that promote effective educational performance, enhanced student achievement and strong community involvement in educational quality. The Brentwood Rotary was nominated by the Brentwood Union School District in recognition of their lengthy positive partnership. The students in our district continually reap the benefits of the ongoing support provided by the nearly 100 active members of the Brentwood Rotary.
The nomination of the Brentwood Rotary highlighted several contributing factors including:
- The Rotary Club of Brentwood continues to provide dictionaries to each and every one of our third grade students in all eight of our elementary schools. The dictionaries are presented in person by Rotarians who emphasize the importance of serving your community.
- The Rotary Club of Brentwood cooks and serves hot dogs or pancakes for free at multiple school events each year. This allows schools to provide free meals to participating families or enables schools to sell the food as a fundraiser for the event. The Rotary Club of Brentwood provides the food, condiments, labor, set-up and clean up all free of charge.
- Members of the Rotary Club of Brentwood have served as judges for the district science fair for the last several years. Members volunteer to participate in training and the interview young scientists about their projects.
- The Rotary Club of Brentwood provides free pancakes to over 1,500 runners on Thanksgiving morning at the annual Turkey Trot for Schools. This fundraiser raises money for team sports and physical education program across all eleven of our district schools.
The Brentwood Union School District said in a statement.
Our district is so fortunate to have such a dedicated service organization that provides so much support to our students, staff and families. Our students are fortunate to have role models that emphasize a “service above self” mantra. We are tremendously appreciative of our ongoing partnership with Rotary and are thrilled that they have been selected for the Partner in Education Award for 2020.
Information provided by Brentwood Union School District
