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FOR RELEASE: Monday, December 1, 2008

20 Scotia-Glenville Middle School students and staff to go under the razor for Locks of Love on Wednesday, Dec. 3

Middle School Assistant Principal Frank Rosselli to also get a "buzz cut" during an assembly on Dec. 3

Scotia-Glenville Middle School students will see one of their teachers and the assistant principal get a hair cut during an assembly at 1:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, in the MS auditorium.

Grade 6 teacher Becki Ayers and Assistant Principal Frank Rosselli will have their hair cut during the assembly by a student and other staff person. Rosselli's hair will be "buzz cut" after students won a contest and requested that the assistant principal go under the razor.

Later Wednesday, between 3-5 p.m. at the Envy Salon on Freeman's Bridge Road, Glenville, 18-20 students will have their very long hair cut – at least 8 inches of hair will be clipped – as part of the Locks of Love and Beautiful Lengths program in which hair is donated to be used as wigs for those with cancer or other medical reasons.

The students are part of a "hair donation club" at the school in which students let their hair grow and donate the hair to Locks of Love and Beautiful Lengths. Students and local businesses have also raised money toward the program.

"This has been a really good group of students and staff who are excited to donate to a good cause," said Sarah Cardinali, one of the club's advisors.

For further information, contact teacher Sarah Cardinali at 382-1263 or Robert Hanlon, Communications, at 386-4343.

UPDATE: DECEMBER 3, 2008

A total of 371 inches of hair was donated by the students and staff from the Scotia-Glenville middle and high schools.

In each case, their hair was measured, re-measured, a pony clip was put on the hair and it was cut. They were then placed in bags and will be mailed to either Locks of Love or Beautiful Lengths.

These students and staff members sacrificed either 8 or 10 inches of hair, or more in some cases, to donated to Locks of Love (10-inch cuts) and Beautiful Lengths (8-inch cuts). Many of them are pictured below.

Middle School students:
Leann Raymond, Victoria DeLucca, Sabrina Long, Kendall Holland (and mom and grandma), Charlene Hofer (and little sister, Ciara), Kayleigh Miles, Kayleigh Denney, Bailey McKenna, Ashley Walkowicz and Olivia Allard

High School students:
Ian Gates and Katie Sue Darrow

Middle School staff
Becki Ayers (and daughter, Madison), Sarah Cardinali, Maureen Matthews, Kathy Cootware, Sharon Riggi
and Emily Juda

Thanks go out to the several local businesses and sponsors helped make this program a reality:
Bellamy and Sons Construction, The Crack Team Concrete Repair Specialists, Glenda Lewis, Agent / Coldwell Banker, Envy Salon, Super Suds Laundromat, Swain Sealcoating and the students and staff of S-G Middle School

Below, the first set of photos are from the very public hair clipping at an assembly done to Assistant Principal Frank Rosselli and grade 6 teacher Becki Ayers;

the second sets of photos are of students and staff having their hair cut and styled at Envy Salon, Freeman's Bridge Road.