Extending welcome to community’s new educators
Community partners and the Greater Elkhart Chamber welcomed
nearly 130 new county educators this summer with tote bags filled with
useful products.
The new educator bags have become a
tradition at the Chamber, a valuable resource
for teachers and administrators transitioning
to start or continue careers in local public and
private schools.
Dr. John Hill, assistant superintendent of
Elkhart Community Schools and chair of the
Chamber’s Education Council, said the supplies
within the bags are valuable and the number of
participating donors this year “speaks to the fact
Elkhart County is going back to work” after the
recent period of economic decline.
The bags are a symbol for something bigger,
too, according to Wayne Stubbs, superintendent
of Concord Community Schools.
“Other places have chambers of commerce, but Elkhart is special,” he
told Concord’s new teachers during orientation on Aug. 9. “It’s nice they
provide these welcome gifts, but it furthers the point we are friends and
we work together in a variety of ways.”
Along with the welcome bags, educators also receive information
about the many ways businesses and schools can connect through
Chamber programs, whether it’s the Education Council, mentoring
Above: Dr. John Hill of Elkhart Community Schools and the
Chamber’s Kyla Martin help pack the welcome bags for new
educators. Left: Dr. Hill delivers one of the bags to a teacher at
Memorial High School.
programs or legislative initiatives.
Sponsors of the bags this year were: Indiana Michigan Power,
McGladrey, Interra Credit Union, Heritage Financial Group, Robert
Weed Plywood, ETHOS, the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi, Skyline,
Chase, NIPSCO, 1st Source Bank and Saint Joseph Regional Medical
Center.
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