Two 5th Grade Classes Top Expectations

Peachtree Elementary School has some very industrious fifth graders.

Two of the school's fifth grade classes chose an end-of-the-year project to collect a required number of box tops to raise money for their school.

Box top collection is a program that General Mills offers to schools. The students collect box top of General Mills products and in exchange earn money for their school.

The two fifth grade classes, led by teachers Lauren Held and Sheryl Robinson, far exceeded the goal of gathering 6,000 for the project.

These ambitious fifth graders didn't stop when they had reached their goal and "ended up collecting nearly 17,000 General Mills box tops in three weeks, said Held in an email.

"The children spearheaded the entire project," explained Held. "They created marketing teams, research teams and math teams. They created graphs, commercials, wall displays, fliers, jingles, mascots, and even a giant 'check' to present to our principal."

The fifth grade students will be moving into middle school beginning the next school year, but they have certainly have left their mark on their elementary school through their fund-raising efforts.

Peachtree Elementary School, is part of the Gwinnett County Public School system and is located in the City of Peachtree Corners.