Lincoln Elementary School in Troy, MO knows how to party. And celebrate they should! Under third grade teacher Stacey Geisendorfer’s able leadership, the school collected and sorted over 5,000 books, enough books to start four primary school libraries in Botswana and one in Lesotho.

Lincoln’s principal, Dr. Kevin Connor, did his part to inspire the frenzy of book donations by agreeing to get a Mohawk haircut at an all school assembly if his school reached their ambitious goal of collecting 4,000 books. The school rallied, collected over 5,000 shippable books and now their principal will be needing a hat this winter! Dr. Conner’s mother and some lucky students buzzed the sides of his head while the local television station caught the action.

Watch a YouTube video of the slideshow Lincoln showed during their haircutting celebration to feel their frenzy. Talented third grade teacher/singer/composer James Bertels performs and composed the catchy tune, “Books For Botswana”.

The students and teachers lives at Gathwane, Morelelo, Pitsane Photlokwe, Tshwaaneng Primary Schools in Botswana and Linotsing Primary School in Lesotho will be forever changed because of the efforts of the families of Troy, MO. Last year Troy’s Wm. Cappel Elementary started three libraries in Africa bringing this little community’s total count to eight!