Axtell Receives $2,000 Wal-Mart Grant

by Brain Rottinghaus

March 03, 2009

Axtell Receives $2,000 Wal-Mart Grant

Axtell Jr./Sr. High School is the recipient of a $2,000 grant from the Wal-Mart corporation to be used for the school student incentive program! The grant was awarded to the school on the morning of Monday, March 2 by Bruce Mitchell. Bruce is a Wal-Mart employee and a school patron. Bruce submitted the grant proposal to Wal-Mart at the urging of the Axtell Site Council. At a fall Site Council meeting Mr. Rottinghaus had asked members for ideas to reward students with the school incentive program. Council member Eulala Mitchell suggested the idea of applying for a Wal-Mart grant.

The student incentive program is used as a means to reward students for good behavior in our school. After each semester concludes, the school conducts an assembly and has a student drawing, the winners of which receive gift certificates or other rewards. The drawing is made available to students with an unblemished record in three areas: promptness to class, discipline, and attendance. Accordingly, any student who has received a tardy, a discipline point, or an unexcused absence is excluded from the drawing. The money from this grant will be used to purchase rewards for the incentive giveaway for the next several semesters.
(Brian Rottinghaus and Bruce Mitchell)