Rosa Parks

We are continuing to study different times in history and how individuals had a voice and made a difference. This week we wrote letters to Rosa Parks. Here are some excerpts:

• Whom or what or how did you get the power to stand up to the mean driver and officers and show them what you are made of?
• Since I am a fan I'll say this you are the first gear in the machine in civil rights.
• I don't think I've ever heard of anybody who has used all 12 of our attitudes at once until I read about you.
• Rosa Parks you are a true hero and such a great role model for kids.
• The color of my skin is the mixture of white and brown, and even if I was white I would sit on the back of the bus with you.

Way to go, Super Stars! I like how you are thinking.

Have A Voice, Make A Difference

We continue to explore human and civil rights throughout history. Today the class split into two groups to present information about Martin Luther King, Jr. and Susan B. Anthony in a play format.

Rice University???

Dear Parents, I am in my spare time, The Director of the School Writing Project for Rice University. This is a program that allows teachers to meet and share writing ideas that are then carried back to the classrooms. As a participant of the program, the teachers can invite students to submit their classroom writings to be considered for the annual Spring Reading at Rice University. (This year it will be May 15th.) The work read at the Spring Reading will be published in Impressions. I have already shared this exciting news with your students and they are eager to write and submit as many pieces as they can. The selections for the reading will be selected by the School Writing Project by May 1st.