PTO Spotlight with Book Fair Co-Chair, Grace Johnston

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IMG_4661PTO Spotlight with Book Fair Co-Chair, Grace JohnstonQ: Tell us about your family.A: In the US, it's just me, my husband, Toby, and our two sons, Alex (4M) and Lucas (1HAR). Most of the rest of the family are spread across Australia. Toby and I came here 12 years ago expecting to stay 2-3 years, ended up having kids and are still here!Q: Tell us how you've been involved at Driscoll?A: For the last three years, I have been one of the co-chairs of the Book Fair with Amy Grayson, with Meg Brackley joining us last year. It is a great event where the Driscoll library is turned into a book store for a week. The kids visit it during their library class and you get to buy books for your family, friends (and yourself!). And a percentage of sales goes to the Driscoll library to purchase books and electronic resources. I have also helped out with some of the other great PTO programs -- Understanding our Differences, Arts Equinox, Spring Fair, Teacher Appreciation Breakfast etc --  and shelved books in the library and chaperoned at field trips (while my kids still want me to!!).Q: Do your kids have a favorite PTO program?A: I would say Book Fair but if you ask them, they would say Spring Fair!Q: Fun Fact: What do you like doing in your free time?A: There is not enough free time to do all the things I like to do! Traveling, cooking (and eating!), hiking, learning piano, Pilates, yoga.Things I should do: organize the thousands of digital photos I have taken, clean out the closets, service the car....