Money is not a new thing to us. It has been around since the birth of this nation, with even the first settlers coming here in search of gold. It is our hope and dream that children will be free to learn and grow wherever they are in the world. Our 5th grade class voted on 'freedom' to best represent U.S. history in the past and at the end of the 20th century. We choose freedom because it gives us the power to live, learn, and love.
Freedom is the best thing everyone has ever had or ever known.
They sent a book, One Giant Leap, about Neil Armstrong who was also from a small town in Ohio. It is one of their favorite books. Oklahoma Jenks East Elementary School, Jenks Oklahoma students chose the eagle to represent freedom because it is a symbol of the past, the present and will endure in the future. They worked with their art teacher to create an eagle out of construction and origami paper. Each feather is made of origami paper and on it is written a freedom or a right enjoyed by a student in the class.