It was an engaging experience, which seemed to capture our imaginations and instill a desire to learn more. During this historic event children and adults will be voting on stamps commemorating the 1950's through the 1990's. Fifth grade students brought home a parent's packet filled with information from the 50's and information on how to access information online. Students voted on their favorite stamps from the 50's, and the results will be tabulated nationwide in the spring. Over the next year, classes will continue to receive information from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's, voting for stamps commemorating these decades.
Ballots are available in post offices across the nation.
The sixth grade will soon be busily engaged in their major interdisciplinary project for the year. They will be researching the natural history of Nahant. As part of this project, they took their first field trip under the direction of Dr. Joseph Ayers from the Northeastern University Marine Biology Lab. They traveled to Seaport Landing where the Lab's research boat is moored. The purpose of the study was to compare seasonal habitats of sealife.