Last Friday, at Sheridan Elementary, a group of third graders were almost jumping out of their seats when three strangers walked into their classroom. As myself, our CEE president and our seasoned Haiku presenter looked on at thirty eager faces, the teacher who was already expecting us, gave us a smile as she asked the students to guess why we were there.

The Fall 2007 Saturday Institutes build upon our success last spring and seem to indicate a very positive future for the program.

From a numerical point of view, there were more than twice as many registrations over the spring series 6 months ago. The average class size was at 2/3 of capacity. Even more important was the feedback CEE received - parents and students were happy with the program and looking forward to future classes. Teachers also seemed satisfied with their classroom experience.

Eric and I sat down the evening of this Wednesday October 3, and tabulated all our financials for the Auction.

We raised $3255.91 for CEE, including $454.51 towards student scholarships.

We had:
$1330 - Admissions
$155 - Raffle
$2511 - Silent Auction & Wine Sale
$354.51 - Dessert Auction
$100 - Scholarship Donations (during dessert auction)
$89 - Other Donations

Total: $4539.51

For the auction, we had $1283.60 in expenses for venue, wine, food, service, credit card processing and printing costs.