Up on the roof
Principal, dean of students, spend the day on school roof for fundraiser
If you noticed some unusual activity on the roof of St. Clair Shores Princeton Elementary School on Friday, you weren’t mistaken.
Principal Justin Cabe and Dean of Students Jen Donnelly spent the entire day and part of the evening atop the school building as part of a school fundraiser that was held last month. Cabe challenged the students to raise $35,000 at the annual fun run event. If the students reached or exceeded that goal, Cabe and Donnelly agreed they would spend a whole day on the roof.
The Princeton Elementary fun run ended up raising $83,226, the most that has ever been raised through the fun run event.
“We got up here this morning before the kids got here and we have a little working desk and some things up here,” Cabe said on Friday morning. “The kids were laughing.”
“We’ve already had one visitor and we did lose a couple of papers in the wind,” Donnelly said. “At least the sun is out and it is not raining or knowing.”
Cabe and Donnelly planned to eat dinner on the roof and live-stream a bedtime story afterwards. As classes let out for the day at 3:15 p.m. Donnelly and Cabe stood at the edge of the roof and threw candy to the students.
“The candy drop was amazing,” Cabe said. “The kids had so much fun.”
Cabe said the money
all waving and
raised through the annual fun run event goes towards things for the students that are not paid for through
the general fund including transportation for field trips, supplies and technology upgrades.
People were able to donate to the Oct. 6 fun run online or in person and also had the opportunity to buy fence panels. Many local businesses provided sponsorships for Princeton Elementary and in turn, the school put up banners advertising those companies.
“We had more sponsors this year than ever before too and we try to support
those businesses as much as we can,” Cabe said.
In addition to spending the day on the roof, Cabe and Donnelly agreed to be duct taped to the wall one day and to sit in a modified dunk tank that will dump water on their heads.
“I think the kids love the sport of it,” Cabe said. “The amount of money that was raised speaks to the community we are building and the work the community and our schools are doing every day.”