![Adding a tray of canned corn to the pile, junior Michael Collop assists in transporting donations for the Holiday Food Drive. The event, hosted schoolwide from Dec. 10-17, raised over 5,000 food items to deliver to the Parkway Food Pantry, helping several families in need. [The drive] is a great thing for us to do because you're giving to those who are less fortunate, and it helps provide for people who can't provide for themselves. [The] competition is always fun, too. It was fun to be in [social studies teacher Jess] Chazen’s class, because he always gets worked up over [the competition]. He made it exciting, and was always convincing us to turn in cans for the drive,” Collop said.](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/feature-photo-unsung-2.png)
![NEW CHALLENGE, NEW TEAM MEMBERS: Every season, VEX creates a new game that robotics team members are faced with and have to build a robot to compete in. This year’s game forces students to create a robot that is able to stack rings onto mobile goals in order to score points. The change in games each season is something that robotics teacher Audrea Moyers appreciates.
“One of the things that I like about VEX is that they have a new problem to solve every year,” she said. ¨Even though the equipment’s the same, they have to analyze the game, and they have to come up with solutions that are unique that year. They are using their knowledge from prior years, but they have to kind of redesign a problem.”
As returning teams were faced a new game, some new teams and members had to adapt to a uncommon playing field and game.
“Three of our four teams were competing for the first time this year, and they had very different experiences match to match, so I think they learned a lot,¨ she said. ¨It’s hard just watching a video online to know how it’s actually going to be in person, so they all learned a lot about what gameplay is like, how to work with an alliance partner [and] how to adapt during the day to changes.”](https://bestofsno.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/IMG_9283-1-1200x800.jpg)
October Is a Special Month for Kleiber
P.E. teacher loves to spread awareness for breast cancer
submitted by Ms. Kleiber
The tennis team dressed in pink to support Kleiber through her tough time.
October 17, 2022
When you hear that it’s October, you typically think of falling leaves, apple cider, pumpkin carving, and of course Halloween. However, when physical education teacher Molly Kleiber hears that it’s October, she remembers the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Kleiber was diagnosed with breast cancer in October of 2018. If not for her mom being diagnosed with breast cancer a second time six years earlier, Kleiber may have never taken the brachial 2 gene test, discovering that the breast cancer was genetic. After discovering that it was genetic, she began to have routine examinations. If none of this had happened, Kleiber could have found her cancerous lump too late.
Kleiber received lots of blessings during her treatment, some from her family, others from the school.
“I was luckily having to live with my parents, and they were able to help me out and support me through the whole process,” Kleiber said.
Her youngest child had just turned 1, and if she hadn’t been living with her parents at the time, life would have been a lot harder for her.
One of the most significant blessings that Kleiber received during her treatment was from the school.
“To help, the school did a fundraiser. They gave the money to my family, and it was right at Christmas time too. It was just amazing the amount of support, overall,” she said. This donation helped Kleiber afford her treatments and take care of her children. It was a huge help to her and her family.
Kleiber loves to spread awareness for breast cancer. Some ways she supports the cause during October is by wearing lots of pink and making donations to foundations that research ways to cure cancer.
Kleiber and her mom also run Caring for a Cause every May. They tend to donate a lot more money to this organization, since they provide women who can’t afford all the treatment costs with money. When the two of them are coaching they get their students to participate and run for the cause with them. Their goal is to spread the awareness of breast cancer, so that more people can help and support women going through this difficult trial.
If you are interested in making any donations to a Breast Cancer Awareness foundation the following links are for you: American Cancer Society, Breastcancer.org, Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and Living Beyond Breast Cancer.
This story was originally published on LHStoday on October 12, 2022.
