Yesterday we had our monthly assembly. Our dress up activity was "look-alike" (Mr. Walton and I looked very sporty in our jeans and white dress shirts) and our community theme was "Responsibility". Most of our students know that "be responsible" is one of our three basic school rules, along with "be safe" and "be respectful". We made up a little responsibility 'ceremony' using an object made out of overlaid sticks. The object, a diamond shape, is held together with tension from the pressure of the overlap (okay, okay, the kinder and 1st grade objects MAY have had a little super-glue help).
Anyway, the object of the ceremony was to show 'responsibility' for the care of the object by safely passing one through the hands of each student by grade level. One by one. Carefully. The kinder and first grades proudly finished first and second respectively. Fortunately I had made back-up objects for when the objects fell apart, but several teams just continued passing the pieces along, carefully handing them on down the line (I liked this a lot - in May we are talking about "perseverance").
Just wanted you to know, in case you hear about the 'special artifact' from 'a faraway forest'. And thank you for all that you do in collaboration with us to teach your children to be responsible, both as individuals and as a group.
