Cornerstone students enjoy
new source of outdoor enjoyment
By Jennifer Buzza
NEW PLAYGROUND
Enjoying their new playground set, made possible by a donation to the school’s Parent Teacher Fellowship organization, are the students at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Presque Isle. Pictured are at the bottom going up the slide are Jacob Foster, Grace McCrum, Martin Heald, Camille Canty, Savannah Levesque and going across, from left, are: Gabby Donovan, Haley Rowe, Camryn Flaherty, Nick Doody, Ben Everhart, Daniell Tardie-Bubar and Jack Morningstar. On the ropes and across are: Grace Lunn, Liliana Wardwell, Joshua Rooney, Emily Robinson, Michelle Clark, Macey Currier and Sage Gehring. Leaning over the railing are: Sam Rowe, Jacob Bonville, Jordan Bonville, Isaac Currier and Madison Bubar. Across the top are: Mackenzie McCrum, Annelise Wardwell and Lili McCrum.
Students at Cornerstone Christian Academy on the Caribou Road in Presque Isle have a new way to spend their free time outside, thanks to a private donation to the school’s Parent Teacher Fellowship (PTF). The PTF is an organization comprised of parents of students attending the school who were overseeing the search for new playground equipment at the time a significant donation was made to the school.
According to the school’s Administrative Assistant, Bonnee McLaughlin, the process began last fall when the 2009-10 school year began and it was obvious the students had very little to do during their outdoor recess time.
“Soccer and kickball were popular with many and the younger students had a small swing set to use. Some students made up their own games, becoming amazingly creative” said McLaughlin. “Still all greatly sensed the need for something that offered more options to the children.” The monetary gift was large enough to purchase a playground system that allowed for many children to all enjoy its features at the same time.
The new set is a multi-functional system featuring three slides, a climbing wall, two swings, a teeter-totter, ropes, shaded picnic table, roofed platform with balcony, ladder and an attached tic-tac-toe game.
McLaughlin said “several dads had ‘fun’ assembling the playground system on a Saturday in mid-April. When the students returned from April vacation they were all smiles as they christened the new playground system! There was much joy and laughter as the children took turns playing on all the different features. Although the soccer and kickball games are still played and other pieces of equipment used, this new system is much preferred and most enjoyed by all. We are so very thankful to those who donated the funds for this system! It will continue to be the gift that keeps on giving as students enjoy it for years to come!”
For more information on the Cornerstone Christian Academy, please contact the school at 768-6222 or visit their website at www.cornerstoneme.com.
SPENDING a chilly day in April assembling a new playground system at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Presque Isle were, from bottom to top, Adam Simoes, parent; Paul Cormier, CCA board member; and Troy McCrum, school principal.
