Monday, November 12, 2007

Breakfast at Oarkridge Elementary in Linn-Mar

Our day started early on Thursday, November 8th. East Central UniServ Directors Jeremy Kunz (on the left) and Coy Marquardt (on the right) met me at Oakridge Elementary in the Linn-Mar Community School District at 7:15 a.m. Coy had made an earlier stop at a bagel shop and brought in bagels, cream cheese and coffees for all the staff to enjoy.


Members and potential members stopped in the staff lounge to check their mail boxes, run off materials, then joined us for conversation and a special snack!






Linn-Mar co-president Carol O'Donnell (at right) greeted us at the front door to welcome us to Oakridge Elementary!






Diane Nieland (at left) also serves as co-president of the Linn-Mar EA. How lucky we are to have two great leaders that step forward to serve as leaders on Team ISEA!

It was a great opportunity to meet Team ISEA members and hear about the work they are doing in their classrooms! Thanks Carol and Diane for your leadership and thanks Oakridge Elementary for your hospitality!










I had the chance to stop in the ISEA Regional Office in Cedar Rapids following our visit to Oakridge Elementary. We have two UniServ Unit offices housed here--Cedarwood and East Central as well as three UniServ Directors--Kathy Krehbiel of Cedarwood; and Coy Marquardt and Jeremy Kunz of East Central. Key to our Cedar Rapids office are our two great support staff--Connie Esser (on the left) and Regan Bloomquist (on the right). Just as in our school buildings, our secretaries are the first voice our members hear. They are the calming voice that first walks a member through a crisis or directs them on to a UniServ Director. Thanks Connie and Regan for all you do on Team ISEA! You make Team Eastwood complete!

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