Taped Teacher

With fellow staff members and students applying the duct tape, Greencastle Middle School sixth grade science teacher Daniel Summerlot finds himself attached to the wall of the cafeteria Tuesday during lunch hour. Students and staff paid a dollar each for strips of duct tape. The “Teachers Taped to the Wall” fundraiser is part of a larger effort at GMS to raise money for hurricane relief in Texas and Florida. Funds will be donated to the local chapter of the American Red Cross. The endeavor began last week with a spirit week fundraiser as students paid $1 each day to dress in theme wear, while teachers paid $10 to wear jeans for the week. So far, the entire effort has raised $1,064.69, not including the sales of specially-designed T-shirts being sold by student council and Tri-M sponsors.

Later, fellow teacher Jane Roberson prepares to pull the chair out from under Summerlot’s feet to see if it will hold him to the wall. The tape failed.