Community
We had a great time working on our Community Challenge for the months of November and December. November began with a challenge from Jesse Cockney to think of ways that our class could give back to our school, and also to find ways to help people beyond our school doors.
Below I have embedded a Google Slide presentation that includes some of the highlights for the month of November. The first few slides include pictures of the package of swag that arrived from Classroom Champions. My students were very excited to try on their shirts! The following group of pictures are from our conversation with Jesse. My students were prepared with questions that they had wanted to ask him. Jesse was extremely kind and thoughtful with all of his response to queries of my class. The final group of slides are from students practicing a play that they had written to "advertise" their bake sale, which they named 'Mrs. Claus Bake Sale'. After rehearsals, my students went to each classroom in our school to whip up excitement for their fundraiser. This was the first of two fundraisers that they organized to help raise money for Thorold Community Care. They baked and sold $254.00 worth of cookies, squares, and other delicious treats! The money was donated to Community Care to help make the Christmas Season a little brighter for our Thorold citizens who might need some extra help at this time of year.
During the month of December our class continued working upon the challenge given to us by Jesse. My class decided that they wanted to raise even more money for our local Community Care organization. We sold "Candygrams"! Each recess break, for two weeks, students from our class would sit in the halls and take orders for flavoured candy canes that I had purchased. On a Christmas tag, they would write down the name of the recipient and also who it was from. The final, and most exciting step in the process, was delivering all of those sugary treats to the classrooms for the school community to enjoy. The response from our school community was overwhelming! My class was able to make a second donation to Thorold Communtiy Care, this time for $218.50.
Did my class want to stop there? No way!! We also organized a "Cans For Christmas" campaign to encourage our school community to bring in nonperishable food items for, you guessed it, Community Care! Again, my students wrote their own original play that they performed for each classroom. This was used to encourage our school community to help us reach our goal of 500 food items. We collected 575 items, over 300 pounds of food for our local community!
The final group of pictures that you will view on the slide show focused upon the Christmas play 'A Charlie Brown's Christmas'. My class chose to put on this performance at our final assembly of the year in order help our younger students try to realize the true meaning of this time of year. They made all of the props and also gave up numerous recesses to prepare.
As you can see, Jesse Cockney helped to motivate and inspire my students to make a difference in their school community and also in the community beyond our school doors. Thanks, Jesse.
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