Reenact the Battle of Bunker HIll - 5th Grade Style

Last week of school fun...so the whole fifth grade is assigned to be either the Colonists or the British and they must wear their color - red or blue on the next to last day of school.  They are then given wet sponges as ammo.  You can tell who has been hit and must be dead.  The battle continues and the teachers make sure to keep it historical accurate when 5th grade competitiveness may sometimes lead to a rewriting.  I bet the kids remember this lesson for a long time.  Plus it's tons of fun to watch.  And yes we even have our own drummers.  Our school is awesome!

Theater Program

So the school district we live in is well known for their sports program.  Every year we have some team ranked in state competitions.  Many district decisions are made with the athletic programs in mind.  Some people complain that it is all that is ever considered.  They worry about the lack of arts or other such nonsense. 

For me I don't always know what they are complaining about.  Because I see that our elementary school's PTO sponsors the "theater program" every other year, by sending every student to see a show in the local theaters from Lancaster to Harrisburg to Reading.  Then our first grade teachers put on a little musical for the first graders every year.  It used to be a play by a fourth grade teacher but when she retired they took over with this.  Last our community has a volunteer led theater program called iStage for students from 4th-12th grade. 

These programs show me that people care about the arts and that since the school lets all of these programs use their buildings for practices and performances I'd say they're doing okay.  And all of this doesn't even speak to the actual musicals and plays that the high school puts on.

Here are the pictures of my little kiddos in their performances.  I love watching them!