Tuesday, April 10 is quickly approaching!
As the culmination of our service learning project, all three first grade classes (and teachers!) will experience what it's like to attend school and go through the day without shoes. Our hope is that this simple act will raise awareness and understanding of what the children in the orphanage in Ghana go through on a daily basis.
On Tuesday, all first graders must wear shoes to school. When they arrive to the classroom, they will be allowed to remove their shoes and put them in their lockers for the morning. Our class will be using this barefoot time to learn more about daily life in Ghana, debrief and record some of our service project experiences, and prepare and enjoy a traditional Ghanaian snack. When the bell rings for morning recess, our class will stay inside together. As we watch our friends head outside to run and play together, we will discuss why it just wouldn't be safe for us to go out and try to complete our daily activities without shoes. I am confident that this will be a powerful 15 minutes and will help our first graders connect even further with our service learning project, and the children that we're helping in Ghana. Before lunch, for the sake of safety, the children will be able to put their shoes back on and we will finish the rest of the day as usual.
I know that I've said it a million times before, but I need to say it again: THANK YOU! I am so impressed and encouraged by the ways that your families have supported and embraced this project. Your children have put their time, energy, and passion into this and I can't wait to celebrate with them when we reach our goal! Because of their enthusiasm, the news of this project has reached far beyond the walls of our classroom and we have raised more awareness and money than I ever could have anticipated. We have received donations from other schools, cities, and states and we have even had other ZPS staff members volunteer to go barefoot on Tuesday to help our cause. Wow!
Please encourage your son or daughter to wrap up his or her individual service project this week so that we can tally our final amount raised on Friday. We will then combine our earnings with the other first grade classes and will present the Dryden family with a check to [hopefully] purchase 70 pairs of shoes next week!
Thanks again for supporting the Frog Room as we
"go without shoes so kids in Ghana don't have to!"
As the culmination of our service learning project, all three first grade classes (and teachers!) will experience what it's like to attend school and go through the day without shoes. Our hope is that this simple act will raise awareness and understanding of what the children in the orphanage in Ghana go through on a daily basis.
On Tuesday, all first graders must wear shoes to school. When they arrive to the classroom, they will be allowed to remove their shoes and put them in their lockers for the morning. Our class will be using this barefoot time to learn more about daily life in Ghana, debrief and record some of our service project experiences, and prepare and enjoy a traditional Ghanaian snack. When the bell rings for morning recess, our class will stay inside together. As we watch our friends head outside to run and play together, we will discuss why it just wouldn't be safe for us to go out and try to complete our daily activities without shoes. I am confident that this will be a powerful 15 minutes and will help our first graders connect even further with our service learning project, and the children that we're helping in Ghana. Before lunch, for the sake of safety, the children will be able to put their shoes back on and we will finish the rest of the day as usual.
I know that I've said it a million times before, but I need to say it again: THANK YOU! I am so impressed and encouraged by the ways that your families have supported and embraced this project. Your children have put their time, energy, and passion into this and I can't wait to celebrate with them when we reach our goal! Because of their enthusiasm, the news of this project has reached far beyond the walls of our classroom and we have raised more awareness and money than I ever could have anticipated. We have received donations from other schools, cities, and states and we have even had other ZPS staff members volunteer to go barefoot on Tuesday to help our cause. Wow!
Please encourage your son or daughter to wrap up his or her individual service project this week so that we can tally our final amount raised on Friday. We will then combine our earnings with the other first grade classes and will present the Dryden family with a check to [hopefully] purchase 70 pairs of shoes next week!
Thanks again for supporting the Frog Room as we
"go without shoes so kids in Ghana don't have to!"
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