Student finds giving can bring rewards

Frank Thomas Jarratt

Kaufman Elementary fourth-grader Frank Jarratt finds that sometimes when he gives of himself, he actually gains. “I help with afternoon dismissal at our school,” he said. “I help the teachers and the kindergartners when it’s time to go. I’m proud I’ve stuck with my job all year. The teachers gave me a card at Christmas thanking me for my help and a gift and I said, ‘Man, doing a good job pays off in all sorts of ways!’ ”

School: Kaufman Elementary

Name: Frank Thomas Jarratt

Age: 10

Grade: 4

Accomplishments: Strives to get good grades and helps his teachers work with the younger students.

Favorite class: “Social Studies. I like learning about the history of our country the best. Also, Geography, I'm great at reading maps.”

Favorite think to do after class: “Building things, climbing, learning to tie new knots, inventing things with my friends, carving, Tae Kwon Do.”

Favorite book: “Cowboy Dreams”

Favorite website: “Don’t really have one, I’d rather be outdoors.”

Favorite TV show: “ ‘The Perils of Penelope Pit Stop Wacky Races’ because the characters always try to take short cuts to win, but never do.”

Favorite movie: “ ‘Lonesome Dove’ because of the action.”

Ambition: “I want to work with animals, removing them from places where they have become a problem to people and placing them back in their habitat.”