Delete or add to the list as appropriate to grade level. We will be make memories each day this year to add on to the ones we might have made in previous years. These memories can be recorded in the student's portfolio during the year. Perhaps classes might become pen pals with the school that opened its doors the same year we did.
Lower grades are an attentive listening audience for upper grades and visa versa.
Encourage students to share the memories they are making with their buddies. They can compile this work into a large binder and share them in the spring as part of the school celebration. Ask your family, neighbors, and friends if they attended Richard M. Nixon Elementary School. After gathering the information, compile a big book of this list and continue to add names during the year. In celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will remember to be thankful for our schools.