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Carroll Catholic staff and students salute principal
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[November 18, 2011]
The staff and students at Carroll
Catholic School paid tribute to their principal, David Welch, at a
special event on Thursday. Actually, he knew they were thinking
about him when he opened his office door in the morning and the room
was filled with balloons and streamers. He was acknowledged at
lunchtime in the cafeteria, and he thought it was really a nice
thing. Then he went back to work in his office.
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 A few minutes after 2 p.m., Mr. Welch was called into the gym and
was greeted by cheers and clapping by students and staff. This
wasn't just a special day, it was Principals' Day for American
Education Week.The cheerleaders performed a cheer with words
about Mr. Welch, and students in kindergarten through fourth grade
had secretly prepared pictures and lists of nice things to say.
There had been a poem contest, organized by language arts and
reading teacher Michelle Fuiten, in the fifth- through eighth-grade
classes, and the winning entries in each grade were read aloud.
But first there was something he had to do for all of them.
"We know you're a Pittsburgh Steelers fan," emcee Brittany Faith
said, "so we have planned a little surprise for you, and it's in the
locker room. Then we have some things for you to do."
In the locker room Mr. Welch found a jersey with the name of his
favorite player, Polamalu, on the back, and a Steelers helmet. He
re-entered the gym, greeted by cheers and clapping. He was asked to
run an obstacle course and kick footballs into goals at two
locations. Students and staff gave him a lot of support, and at the
end of the course, he was presented with an autographed photograph
of Polamalu and a license plate panel with the Steelers' logo.
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Was he surprised?
"I was surprised when I walked into my office this morning and
found the balloons and streamers. I don't know when they did that,"
Welch said, "and I really didn't expect all of this."
This is his first year as principal at Carroll Catholic School,
and it appears that they want to keep him.
[By MARLA BLAIR]
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