Ben and Janae had a pretty unique experience at school today. Their school was celebrating its 80th anniversary, and they got to spend part of the day in the old school house that is still on the grounds (for only a short time longer, before it is moved to be part of a larger heritage area in our city).
For the past few weeks the kids have been learning songs about their school's heritage--peppy little tunes about how things were when "grandma" was in school (it sounds more like my grandma than theirs, though!), how things have changed and how they've stayed the same. Pretty much every song made me cry, of course :)
It was sweet to hear them singing and nice to know that they are a part of such a long-lasting heritage.
The kids in Grade 3 (and their teachers!) dress up like pioneers for the school's anniversary every year, so this time Ben got to be part of that. He was very excited to wear suspenders and to take an apple to his teacher this morning.
Alaina and I went to an assembly in the afternoon to hear all the songs again--Alaina knew them well enough to sing along, too.
At the end of the day the old school house--filled today with items from the 1920s--was open for the public to tour.
3 comments:
what a special day, and a special place indeed! I was just there, at the carnival - I was only in town a few days and not with the boys. But I looked for you and was sad you weren't there. The boys and I will be back again in the summer, so hopefully we can connect!
Ben looks so cute in those suspenders. He looks like how I imagine Dad looked as a kid:) We'll have hear those songs when we come up there!! I can't believe how long Janae's hair looks!
I know I didn't go to school in the 20's, but those desks look very similar to the ones I sat in when I was in grades 1&2. Nice for everyone to see what school was like back in the 'olden days'.
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