The entire student body of Hillendale Elementary School took
time out at the end of a school day to thank a soon to be Eagle Scout for his
work on their outdoor classroom. Joining the students were their teachers,
Principal Steve Dissinger and School Superintendent Sharon Parker.
Jesse Adams, 17, from Pennsbury Township and a senior at
Unionville High School, is a member of Troop 31. For his Eagle Scout project,
he renovated the outdoor classroom at the elementary school. He replaced a
portion of the curb, replaced the wood on tops of the benches, upgraded the
landscaping and built a new white board and cabinet.
Dissinger
told the assembled students, “That’s hard work,
and this year all that work was done by a very special young man who worked
very hard to get all of that done, and that is Mr. Jesse Adams.”
He called the outdoor classroom a treasure and said he’s
glad there are people like Adams who help keep it a treasure.
Dissinger presented Adams with a book, “Words of Gratitude”
from the K-5 students at Hillendale. It contained a letter written by every
class at the school this academic year.
Parker told the students that, “Jesse has grit.” Parker
explained that, “grit is what you have to dig into when you don’t always get
the answer you wanted or the answer you were expecting.”
She told the students that they, like Jesse, would at times
need the grit to make things happen. She said that Jesse had to have grit to
complete his Eagle project.
After high school, Adams wants to go to Delaware County
Community College for two years then transfer to West Chester. He wants to be
involved in education.
He said scouting showed him a lot of his outdoor passions
such as fishing, hunting and camping, but also helped him develop social
skills, how to get along with others.
“It prepared me for life,” he said.
About Rich Schwartzman
Rich Schwartzman has been reporting on events in the greater Chadds Ford area since September 2001 when he became the founding editor of The Chadds Ford Post. In April 2009 he became managing editor of ChaddsFordLive. He is also an award-winning photographer.
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