There are many organizations and businesses who generously help us out throughout the year so we thought it appropriate to begin a "Thanks" list. It will grow rapidly.

Thank you to all who helped the Sally Ride Toy Challenge "Toy Squad" team to their great finish: the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, the Electro-Optical Division of Kollmorgen, and Servall Mechanical for their generous monetary donations, Mr. Hill for all his time donated as their coach, the parents who accompanied the team at their own expense (Mrs. Poulin, Mrs. Wright, and Mr. Connell), and to the many others along the way who helped out in various ways.

Thank you to Dr. Shelley Wilton for her generosity in organizing and running a fundraiser for the White Brook library. Through her efforts and all those who helped, she raised over $2000 for additional books for our library.

Thank you to Todd Denis who has donated gift certificates to Pizza, Wings, and Things for those with perfect attendance throughout the first quarter term.

Thank you to the ECA for all the years they helped us with dances, as well as with monitary donations which were used in many different areas. We appreciate all their help over the years.

STRAT thanks Julius Ford for coming this year to do two assemblies.

TIO (Talk It Out) thanks Michael Doherty a mediator from the Housing Court of WMass, and Andrew Burger, a Non-Violent Communication instructor, for coming to talk with the peer mediators about their careers using mediation skills.

TIO also thanks Christine and Fat Trax for donating a skateboard to our fundraiser.

Thank you to Rosie McMahon who has been volunteering her time and expertise this year doing a leadership training program at WBMS.

Thanks to Robin Bialecki for all her fundraising efforts for strand C 7/8.

Thanks to Abbie Jenks, a Greenfield Community College professor, who will speak to the peer mediators about the peace and social justice program offered at GCC.

Dear Career Week Presenters, The students and staff of White Brook Middle School want to thank you for the extraordinary gifts of time and effort given during our 2007 Career Week. Judging from the comments of students and teachers, it was a very successful event. We especially appreciate the participation of those presenters who have returned year after year to share their experiences and encouragement with our students. We hope that you enjoyed your visit as much as we enjoyed your being here with us. Hope to see you again next year.