Community Summit sixth-graders collect pop tabs
Brendan Everson
Nixa Public Schools
It is no secret that Nixa is a community with a whole lot of
pride. This community takes care of its people in ways that
go above and beyond so frequently that “above and beyond”
has become the norm. Lynnie Richardson’s sixth-grade class
at Summit Intermediate is no exception.
Shortly after reading the book, “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous
Pie” by Jordan Sonnenblick with her class, Richardson
found out about the pop tab collection Nixa Junior High
had started as a way to support school Police Offi cer Shane
Ribbing and the Ronald McDonald House, the charity whose
Memphis location helped Ribbing and his family while his
daughter was undergoing treatments for cancer.
Lynnie
Richardson’s class
loads the pop tabs
into the Wachob
family vehicle
before their trip to
Memphis.
14 THE NEST NIXA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MAGAZINE FALL 2017