The Mandela team strives to provide an education that helps every scholar succeed academically, emotionally, socially, and physically. A key factor to the success all scholars is their family’s engagement. Families play an integral role in their child’s education; they help with homework, attend conferences, make sure their child gets to school on time, etc. At Mandela, families are also asked to volunteer. They can help in the classrooms, donate snacks/supplies, and attend family events. One of those events, a Mandela favorite, is the Snowball Dance.
This year, scholars enjoyed a virtual evening of making snowflakes, dancing, and family fun on December 11, 2020. A group of team members worked hard to create this event, providing a DJ, encouraging families to dress up, and sending home goodie bags with paper to make snowflakes, winter-themed temporary tattoos, candy canes, hot chocolate, and popcorn. Scholars and their families had a great time dancing the night away. Mandela is grateful to their families for their continued engagement, despite the pandemic, and for their team for finding creative ways for families to make incredible memories with their scholars.