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Bowler Teachers Serve At McDonald’s Teacher’s Night

	By Tim Robison Moapa Valley Progress Bowler Elementary School faculty was hard at work cooking fries and filling up drinks on Monday, February 11 at the Overton McDonalds for the fifth annual McDonalds Teacher Night. For two hours, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm the Bowler faculty members worked behind the scenes at McDonalds serving the crowd that showed up for the two hour school fundraiser that raised $550 for the school. According to Bowler Principal Shawna Jessen, most of the money will go to the 5th grade graduation ceremony. The remainder of	Bowler Elementary teacher, Jennifer Lawrence, serves up dinner with a smile at McDonald teacher’s night. In the background teacher, Becky Bartle, is running the fryer with McDonalds manager Rachel Paice making sure everything runs smooth.
	the money will go to the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program at Bowler Elementary. “We appreciate McDonalds for giving us this opportunity,” Jessen said. “We also appreciate the community coming out for these two hours to support the school. It’s what makes living in this
	Bowler Assistant Principal, Pledger Solomon, takes a leisurely moment during Teacher’s Night to get a meal.	community such a pleasure when businesses, like McDonalds, and residents are so willing to come out and show their support.” For the two hours that teacher’s night lasted, the McDonalds parking lot was full. According to manager Rachel Paice, crowds inside the restaurant seldom get as large as she has experienced for her two years of teachers night. “We get the same teachers working so they know what they are doing and things go pretty smooth,” Paice said.