This year Annie Sims Elementary School set a goal to raise $7,200 for the American Heart Association. With help from the Annie Sims students, the campus surpassed that. As of May 2, $7,328 had been raised.
The top contribution of $1,205 came from 2nd grader Charity Prater. She got to present PE teacher Jerry Ballard with the beetle he promised to eat if they met the goal.
Reward for reaching their goal of $7,200 resulted in both principals and Coach Ballard getting blasted with silly string by the top contributors of each grade level. Coach Ballard also conceded to eating a beetle as promised. A little extra surprise came when Aiden Lane, Cruz Gutierrez, and Dax Price helped spray paint Coach Ballard’s hair green.
Pictured: Ballard gets ready to eat the beetle presented to him by Charity Prater and Principal Tonya Murry and the Dollar Dog watch, happy they did not make that promise!
Coach Jerry Ballard, Sims Principal Tonya Murray and Assistant Principal Jeannie Pat Jaggers get covered with Silly String.
Coach Ballard “goes green”!