Painted Rock parent honored for volunteer work

Painted Rock has honored a volunteer who has volunteered at the school for 10 years.

Stan Kim was awarded Volunteer of the Year and the Golden Oak Award, the two highest honors given out by the school, for his volunteering at the school, according to an email from his wife, Cindy Kim.

Volunteer of the Year is selected by the staff and teachers at Painted Rock, while the Golden Oak Award is the highest service award bestowed by the PTA. It is not given out every year, but only as merited, said Kim. This is the first time one individual has been given both awards by the school.

According to Kim, her husband started the Dad’s Club at Painted Rock, founded a “Lunch with Dads” week and “Dads Rock the Classroom,” all aimed at getting fathers more involved with volunteering. Stan Kim also volunteers his time helping students learn photography, coaches the school’s third graders in the annual Rotary Cross Country Track Meet, teaches leadership skills to fourth and fifth graders and has ran and was the master of ceremonies at the school’s talent show and Panther Idol over the past several years.

Stan Kim also started a Painted Rock scholarship programs for promoting fifth grade ESl students and has also dedicated himself to community service in the community and over the border in Tijuana, said Kim.

“Volunteering is really a school culture at Painted Rock. This year volunteers have logged over 20,000 hours at our school. My wife Cindy and I are very lucky and thankful to be part of this incredible group of volunteers, teachers, and staff,” said Stan Kim in am email.