Thanks for great first day at CJHS

To the editor:

On behalf of the students, faculty and staff of Central Junior High School, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the individuals, businesses, organizations and volunteers responsible for making our first day of school such a success: Montgomery Bank, our Adopt-A-School partner; Todd Richards and KFVS12; Real Rock 99.3; Mayor Jay Knudtson; Kristi Howard, Lorili Ozbun and the CJHS PTO; Coca-Cola for the donated water; Pure Ice Co.; Dr. David Scala, Mrs. Fanger, Lisa Elfrink and the staff at the board of education office; our wonderful cooks, custodians and administrative assistants; our teachers, paraprofessionals and aides; Mark Bliss and the Southeast Missourian; Cpl. Al Spencer, school resource officer; Jeff Bonham, school resource officer; and John Buchheit, Cape Girardeau County juvenile office. Finally, I must thank our wonderful students for being with us and for making this a day of celebration. We look forward to celebrating the joys of education as we progress through the year.

ROY MERIDETH, Principal, and ALAN BRUNS, Assistant Principal, Central Junior High School, Cape Girardeau