This carnival will allow the students to put into operation in a real life situation all the accepting behaviors they gave learned. During their planning, building, operating and enjoying their carnival, they are able to develop a sense of caring for others, to integrate their academic curriculum, to have structured time to interact and to be an integral part of an accepting community. Parents have shared with our team of teachers that their children are requesting to visit the Holocaust Museum and are asking questions of parents and grandparents about the past. Students talk about making new friends during our 6th grade carnival or about having misjudged someone before working with them on the carnival. Students voluntarily write poems about their feelings towards victims of prejudice and their hopes for a better future.
Signs are visually evident throughout our area each and every day.
Over the past four years we have guided about 960 students. The 6th grade SSL unit at Northern Middle would benefit greatly from a monetary award. This award would make it possible to provide materials and consumable supplies needed for our projects. A monetary increase would also help us expand our library of resources and to update our class novels with future enrollment increases. Funding and purchasing of multi-cultural materials in Math, Social Studies and Science would help us to expand our unit.