THANK YOU to Everyone Who Made the 8th Grade Party a Night to Remember! **
I want to extend our deepest thanks to the incredible group of volunteers, staff, and families who helped make Thursday night’s 8th Grade Celebration such a success.
From decorations to food, games to music—there were MANY moving parts, and it truly took MANY hands to pull it all off. The night was fun, organized, and full of joy. We’ve already heard amazing feedback:
“The decorations were outstanding, the activities fun and engaging, and the food delicious. It appeared as if students had a great time.”
“The kids seemed to have had a blast. The night was well organized and filled with a lot of fun.”
A huge thankyou to all of the volunteers who signed up to help: Yuval Ben-Horin, Clarisse Devouton, Tania Conway, Kristianna Carr, Ashley Chon, Amy Thompson, Elayna Ferguson, Jessica Fontanilla, Julie Huang, Jason Imani, Melinda Johnson, Anthony Jones, Yukiko Kimoto, Yvonne L, Ashley Richardson, LaVar Robinson, Chris Scott, Natsuki Sugimoto, Jayvee Olinares, Paul Tsai, Dana Tiru, Magdalene Teo, Sheila Mitchell, Kara Mealy, Sophia H, Nataliya Zhuravleva, Katie Parris, Erin Walker, Summer Wang, Bo Wong, and Syndy Ng.
Special thanks to our amazing TMS staff:
Mr. Anthony & Ms. Richardson – for attending and helping with crowd control
Mr. Baker – for bringing the energy (and the DJ setup!) and jamming with the kids
Alberto Reyna & the custodial team – for setting up and supporting our event space
Jon Goulder & TMS kitchen staff – for allowing us to store things in the school fridge
Mr. Huntley – for making sure our slideshow, lighting, and sound ran smoothly
Ms. Murphy & amazing front office staff – for being endlessly helpful behind the scenes
Principal Steere – for showing up for our families and pitching in throughout the event
⭐ Our biggest shoutouts go to:
Cristina Lee – for connecting us with a wonderful caterer (thank you Nuch from Just Poke)
Elayna Ferguson & Erin Walker – for the hours spent preparing graduation favors and organizing the beads and caps for all 241 students
Magdalene Teo & Syndy Ng – for putting together the award bags
Kara Mealy – for handling communications for our 8th grade party email, collecting submissions, creating the slideshow, and executing it the night of the event
Magdalene Teo – for managing donations and party budget
Yukiko Kimoto – for your superhuman organization and for being the glue that held everything together
If we missed your name, please forgive us—we are grateful for everyone who had a hand in making the night so memorable. Thank you for your time, energy, creativity, and heart.
