Pearland ISD Progress Magazine Winter 2018 | Page 20

Partners in Education 20 YEARS OF CHEER For the 20th consecutive year, every Pearland ISD school was able to deck their halls with a beautiful live Christmas tree donated by South Park Funeral Home and Cemetery. This longstanding tradition enables each campus to have a festive feel throughout December, with many donating the tree to a family in need when schools release for break. Pictured: (from left to right) South Park Manager Eddie Martinez, South Park General Manager Manuel Cavazos and PJH South prin- cipal Jason Frerking. Pictured: Christmas tree at Sablatura Middle School. CONSIDERABLE CONTRIBUTIONS The Pearland Rotary Club strives to help meet the needs of Pearland ISD, its students, administrators and faculty. In particular, they find it important to ad- dress needs that are not “high attention” items yet are vitally important to having safe, world-class educa- tional facilities. This fall, their members unanimously supported a donation of four automated defibrilla- tors (AEDs) to expand the availability of these devices with the growth of the district. Members of the Pearland Rotary Club accept a certificate of recognition from the Pearland ISD Board of Trustees. The Pearland Volunteer Fire Department awarded over $22,000 to the Turner College & Career High School EMT Program to purchase a power stretcher and cardiac monitor. These items are crucial to real-world EMT training in the classroom. TCCHS EMT students receive the donation from Dr. Richard Bradley, president of the PVFD. 20 | PROGRESS