A Pella Middle School student is working to raise awareness about eating disorders through a class project. Sarabeth Decious is in Kristin Schulz’s 7th grade class, and was working on issues of global importance. Decious says she chose eating disorders because of the pressures her fellow teenagers face and some of the struggles in her own family.
“My teacher Mrs. Schulz–she was teaching us about the Global Goals [from the United Nations], and the third Global Goal is good health and wellness,” she says. “She had us think through what that looked like and how we could make a difference and help the U.N. complete that Global Goal.
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Three Pella Middle School students and two teachers from the district received recognition from VFW Post 5242 Wednesday.
Pella Middle School Social Studies teacher Kristin Schulz was named Iowa VFW Teacher of the Year in 2019-20. Schulz leads the middle school student council and in her class, students raise funds throughout the year for various non-profit organizations. She was presented with the VFW Crystal Apple Award by Russell Saffell, the past Iowa State VFW commander.
Pella High School Teacher Bryant Hancock received local recognition from Russ Bossard as Pella’s VFW teacher of the year.
Pella Middle School Students Sarabeth Decious, Lizzie Neumann, and Hunter Haynes were selected as first, second, and third place winners in the Patriot’s Pen Essay Contest. Each year more than 165,400 students in grades 6-8 enter the VFW’s Patriot’s Pen youth essay contest nationally.