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Dear Parents, Students and Teachers:

We need your help again! E-mail us your nominations for this quarter's Starfish Award!

"Our Starfish Award is based on The Starfish Story. The moral of the story is that anyone can make a difference in someone’s life; making a difference is important even if it only affects one other person. Staff members are nominated for this award by their colleagues, parents, and students based on above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty behaviors that promote our school and its vision.
 

The Starfish Story

A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.

She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, "Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can't save all these starfish. You can't begin to make a difference!"

The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied,

"Well, I made a difference to that one!"

The old man looked at the girl inquisitively and thought about what she had done and said. Inspired, he joined the little girl in throwing starfish back into the sea. Soon others joined, and all the starfish were saved.

- adapted from the Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley