Bridgewater-Raritan Teachers Given First Starfish Award

Bridgewater, NJ -- Two teachers were the recipients of Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District's first Starfish Awards.

Kristin Sarboukh and Connie Burck were honored by the Board of Education at the Mrch 22 meeting for going above and beyond in making a difference in at least one child’s life.

Starfish Award Recipients are those that make a difference in children's lives.

It is based on the following story:

A young man is walking along the ocean and sees a beach on which thousands and thousands of starfish have washed ashore. Further along he sees an old man, walking slowly and stooping often, picking up one starfish after another and tossing each one gently into the ocean. “Why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?,” he asks. “Because the sun is up and the tide is going out and if I don’t throw them further in they will die.” “But, old man, don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and starfish all along it! You can’t possibly save them all, you can’t even save one-tenth of them. In fact, even if you work all day, your efforts won’t make any difference at all.” The old man listened calmly and then bent down to pick up another starfish and threw it into the sea. “It made a difference to that one.”

(Photo, BRRSD website: Kristin Sarboukh and Connie Burck)