The FabulousGardner-Edgerton Visit

The drum line and Channel 4 Fox News awaits our arrival

The KTOY 2009 Team was treated to the red carpet treatment in Gardner. We started out the visit by being driven to Gardner by High School Principal, Tim Brady and our host, Walt Cochran. We arrived at the District Office and were greeted with a breakfast with Administrators and City Officials. We were then whisked away to Madison Elementary school where we toured and had the added bonus of seeing Walt's children in action. Pioneer Ridge Middle School was our next stop with wonderful student tour guides showing us the highlights of their school. The team was treated to lunch at a local restaurant, Austin's. Our next stop was Walt's beloved Gardner-Edgerton High School where we were welcomed with a drum line outside and the Jazz Band inside (check us out dancing in the picture). Quite the impressive display of talent complete with a news team from Fox 4. Our time at GEHS was spent with time learning about the Freshman Academy and other key programs. We were honored to have GEHS students as our tour guides and enjoyed visiting the classrooms. Marilyn Fox especially enjoyed the chemistry lesson about Moles! The highlight was visiting with high school students that are interested in becoming teachers. Our day ended with the 8 of us running around downtown Gardner getting "freebies" from the generous local merchants. What a time we had. WE LOVE GARDNER-EDGERTON!!

The KTOY Team and our wonderful escorts

Posted by: Marilyn Fox, Manhattan