Thank Yous from Red Cloud High School 2006

10/19/06

Dear Friends of Pine Ridge,

In the ways of the Lakota, I greet you with a warm and heartfelt handshake. Your continued concern and generosity helps to offset the expense of running a school on the reservation.

Your most recent donation, The 23rd Cycle, is being used by the Red Cloud High school physics class. We are studying space weather, and with so few books available on the subject, this donation is most appreciated.

Again, thank you for your support.

Wendell Gehman
RCHS Physics teacher

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August 12, 2006

Dear Friends of Pine Ridge,

Thank you so much for your generosity in helping us get materials for the first Advanced Placement English course to be offered at Red Cloud High School. We are excited to offer this course, because statistics show that students who complete AP courses in high school are much more likely to graduate from college. 100% of our graduating seniors plan to attend college, and it is my hope that this course will prepare them academically for the challenges they will face as college students.

I really appreciate your generous contributions of the nonfiction reading materials we need to make this course a success. I also know the students will be pleased to learn this fall that many of their books are donations from their “Friends”!

Best,

Elisabeth Ellington
Red Cloud High School

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May 11, 2006

Dear Friends of Pine Ridge:

Thank you for the lovely gifts for our graduating seniors. Your gifts will brighten their day, and it will brighten their dorm rooms this Fall.

It was so nice that you thought of our students! Your thoughtfulness and generosity means so much to us.

Warmly,

Gina, Donna and Lenny
Red Cloud High School
Guidance Department
and
Elizabeth Ellington
Senior English Instructor

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5/4/2006

Dear Friends of Pine Ridge,

We, the senior class of 2006, would like to thank you for all the donations, fundraising and all the help you have given us over the past two years. We really appreciate it. What you have done to help us go to Denver means a lot to us as a class. This is a really special time for us to spend together as classmates and friends. It will be our last time together before we go in different directions to college.

Our class worked hard this whole year to make this possible. Because of our fundraising events, there have been relationships between new friends that have developed in our class and the friendships that have been there for years have gotten better�all due to the fact that we have been working together as a team.

Since it’s our last year together we are trying to make our final trip as memorable as we possibly can. So far, our plans are starting to come along. The trip we talked about and wanted to take is to go to Denver. So far we have raised almost enough to get there. Your help is going to get us the rest of the way so we wrote this letter to tell you how much we appreciate all the things you have done to help us get there. Thank you.

Your Friends,
The Red Cloud School Senior Class of 2006

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March 27, 2006

On behalf of the students at Red Cloud High School and the Art Department, we would like to thank everyone for the generous donations. The art supplies were greatly needed and are being utilized to create amazing works of art. We appreciate your kindness.

Again, thank you very much.

Andrea Jorgensen
Red Cloud High School