GREENWICH — The title of a well-liked kids’s guide by Elise Parsley advises, “If You Ever Need to Deliver an Alligator to Faculty, Don’t!” However Glenville Faculty ignored that warning as they invited their mascot, Snappy, to get pleasure from a full day in school.
On Tuesday, Snappy took over the Twitter account for the Greenwich Public Faculties, even renaming it @GPSdistrict as “Greenwich Public Faculties for Gators.” It proclaimed the takeover was all about “making studying private for gators at Glenville Faculty” and “driving gator tutorial private and interpersonal progress.”
All through the day, Snappy tweeted out photographs of himself, with the particular hashtag #SnappyTakeOver, as he journeyed all through Glenville Faculty. He moaned that his brief arms made it troublesome for the instructor to see him elevating his hand; headed to the lunch room — “It’s not straightforward to feed a rising alligator;” went down the slide — “my favourite” — on the playground; and shared a hug with faculty custodian Luis Alarcon for the current Nationwide Custodian Day.
He even visited the college nurse attributable to his “exhausting” day, however Snappy assured his 1,400 followers that he was effective. In line with district coverage, Snappy wore his masks all through the day.
The entire endeavor was the brainchild of Glenville Faculty Principal Klara Monaco and Jonathan Supranowitz, director of communications for Greenwich Public Faculties.
“Social media, when executed responsibly, is an effective way to speak to our whole GPS group,” Supranowitz stated Tuesday. “We thought we’d give a enjoyable, behind-the-scenes have a look at a day-in-the-life of Glenville college students and employees.”
And he was fast to reward Snappy, the alligator, who’s well-known on the faculty and throughout the district. The mascot is commonly discovered at Glenville on particular events, equivalent to on the primary day of college to welcome dad and mom and college students.
“Glenville’s mascot, Snappy, is an incredible ambassador to schooling in our district and has true celebrity standing on the faculty,” Supranowitz stated. “Snappy reveals us that faculty could be arduous work, however may also be enjoyable.”
Monaco couldn’t be reached for remark about Snappy’s massive day, however she performed an vital function within the occasion — taking the photographs that have been posted to the Twitter account.
Supranowitz declared the big day successful and stated he had obtained constructive suggestions from the account’s followers.
“We hope to have further Twitter Tuesdays sooner or later,” he stated.
On the finish of the college day, Snappy posted one final photograph, together with his backpack on and waving goodbye as he headed residence to place down his telephone and begin his homework. That photograph included a well-recognized message: “See ya’ later, alligator!”
