Jobs Well Done: Alexis Carter, Clara James & Benjamin Smith

Tamera Brannon nominated four staff members for a Job Well Done for the DCPS Art Reception held in the UPK lobby, March 24, 2017. The program came together in a couple days’ time thanks to teamwork, innovation and excellence. The displayed art consisted of two panels– which disappeared in our large lobby space. We had promoted it heavily and expected school board member Cheryl Grymes to attend, so we had to do something special to fill the space and occupy our special guests and their families. With less than a week to plan, and a large amount of space to fill, Alexis Carter spearheaded organizing the event and worked the room the day of the event.  Clara James and Alexis came up with several tables of interactive activities, including connect the dots, learn to draw, coloring pages, and a reception table filled with beautiful frameable fliers of the schools displaying art.  Kimberly Hamilton had participants in her Thursday’s story time sign a "Welcome Student Art Reception" sign for the lobby.  Kimberly and Benjamin Smith helped generate ideas for activities and printed extra copies of things throughout the session as we ran out of activity sheets. The end result of their hard work was a fun reception for all ages, which allowed participants to view the art and participate in family activities. Over 50 people attended the reception, including Ms. Grymes and Ms. Giltrop. Many of the attendants complimented the staff on the reception.  They followed through on their commitment to provide a high quality reception on short notice--an astounding feat, employing all of JPL's Core Values.