The Top Banana

  Top Banana: Ruby Mobley     Ruby Mobley is our next Top Banana.   Patient.   Warm.   Kind.   Compassionate.   Thoughtful.   These are the words that come to mind when I think of Ruby and how she works with some of our most fragile students and supports her colleagues.   Each day, she models the characteristics that are so critical to the work that we do—and I have never heard her complain, which would certainly be understandable, given the demands of her job.   Although we may be tempted to take her for granted because of her quiet determination, we would certainly feel her absence.   Thank you, Ruby.   We appreciate the difference that you make.    

Top Banana: Stephanie Green     Stephanie Green is our first Top Banana.   Although Stephanie is a fan of the South Carolina Gamecocks, she has otherwise distinguished herself as an outstanding member of our team.  We were once again impressed to see her in action on the playground on Monday.  She faced yet another impossible situation and solved it with the same determination that she demonstrates in the woods when hunting deer.  If there is one thing I've learned, it has been not to mess with Stephanie--no matter how much I think I know about the rules of the wilderness (and NASCAR).  She will just wait you out, and then . . . BOOM. Thank you, Stephanie.  You help make this a better place for all of us.