100 Days of School!!!

Students enjoyed the countdown to the first 100 days of school this week! Our younger grade levels worked on counting along from 1-100, created their 100 Days Crown, and watched an interactive video clip (not the one shown below).

Resources & activities:

100th Day of School
100 Days of School books & ideas
100 Days of School games & activities for kids

Jackie Robinson

"Jackie Robinson became the first African-American of the 20th century to join Major League baseball in 1947. He endured mistreatment from fellow ball players, and baseball fans with quiet dignity and paved the way for the integration of America's favorite past time.

He played with the Brooklyn Dodgers earning the honor of Rookie of the Year in 1947, Most Valuable Player in 1949, and winning the World Series Championship with the Dodgers in 1955. He retired in 1956 with an impressive batting average of .311 and became active in civil rights, business, and politics serving as Vice President of Community Relations at Chock Full O' Nuts, Special Assistant to New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller and marching on Washington with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963."

Students learned about Jackie Robinson this week and his contributions to the civil rights movement by being an upright citizen and dignified player. Upper grade levels got a chance to use our library databases to research information on Robinson.

Do You Have a Dream?

Born on January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who stood up for all people who were treated unjustly. His call in life, to defend and protect the rights of all individuals, not with the use of force, rather, with silence, dignity, and honor.

Not one to back away from trouble, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. faced problems and opposition, causing an end to his life but not his dream.

In his speech, I have a dream, he tells of a day when people of all races will be able to live together in unity and equality.

To listen to his powerful speech click here.


Lower grade levels worked on the dove of peace activity that you can find here.

Flying High

When 10-year-old Amelia Mary Earhart saw her first plane at a state fair, she was not impressed. "It was a thing of rusty wire and wood and looked not at all interesting," she said. It wasn't until Earhart attended a stunt-slying exhibition, almost a decade later, that she became seriously interested in aviation. A pilot spotted Earhart and her friend, who were watching from an isolated clearing, and dove at them. "I am sure he said to himself, 'Watch me make them scamper,'" she said. Earhart, who felt a mixture of fear and pleasure, stood her ground. As the plane swooped by, something inside her awakened. "I did not understand it at the time," she said, "but I believe that little red airplane said something to me as it swished by."

On December 28, 1920, pilot Frank Hawks gave her a ride that would forever change her life. "By the time I had got two or three hundred fee off the ground," she said, "I knew I had to fly."

To learn more about Amelia Earhart, click here.

Activities:
Make a Plane
Great Paper Airplanes