On Thursday,
March 15 6th graders took part in a 12 hour Read-In from 9am to 9pm to raise
money for Africa. After studying Africa and the drought that is occurring in
the Horn of Africa students learned about the millions of people that are being
affected and they felt compelled to make a difference. The class teamed up with
the "We Can Be Heroes" DC Entertainment campaign which double
all donations.
Their Read In included reading on their own, reading to pre-kindergarten students, and being read to. The whole class gave up recess and PE to take part in reading activities and games. Those who stayed after school had a dinner of rice and corn meal gruel. The students were offered a free pizza dinner from Dominoes in Oneonta, but they decided that it would be more meaningful to eat something similar to what children might be eating if they were in a poverty ridden country.
Volunteer SUCO student participators, Mr. Doak and Ms. Knabe and student teacher, Miss Stocker were of great help. Students especially appreciated Mr. Doak's athletic abilities during the end-of-night Halloween Ball game. Guest readers included Middle School Principal, Mr Johnson who read from Hemmingway's Snows of Kilamanjaro and Documentary Studies major, Devan Johnson, who read the book she created containing her photos from her work with African wildlife. Students also took part in a reading activity designed by Lucas Johnson, Humanitarian Geography major specializing in African Studies. They had to match up DC superhero powers with who would be the selected heroes to fight attributes of poverty such as gender inequality, shortages of water and food, and war.
How can we help our world? We can be heroes.
Total amount raised will be totaled by the end of the week as we are still awaiting for final sponsorships to come in.
Their Read In included reading on their own, reading to pre-kindergarten students, and being read to. The whole class gave up recess and PE to take part in reading activities and games. Those who stayed after school had a dinner of rice and corn meal gruel. The students were offered a free pizza dinner from Dominoes in Oneonta, but they decided that it would be more meaningful to eat something similar to what children might be eating if they were in a poverty ridden country.
Volunteer SUCO student participators, Mr. Doak and Ms. Knabe and student teacher, Miss Stocker were of great help. Students especially appreciated Mr. Doak's athletic abilities during the end-of-night Halloween Ball game. Guest readers included Middle School Principal, Mr Johnson who read from Hemmingway's Snows of Kilamanjaro and Documentary Studies major, Devan Johnson, who read the book she created containing her photos from her work with African wildlife. Students also took part in a reading activity designed by Lucas Johnson, Humanitarian Geography major specializing in African Studies. They had to match up DC superhero powers with who would be the selected heroes to fight attributes of poverty such as gender inequality, shortages of water and food, and war.
How can we help our world? We can be heroes.
Total amount raised will be totaled by the end of the week as we are still awaiting for final sponsorships to come in.
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