Springfield Elementary School

up leaves and trash from outside a local elementary school. Although it was difficult waking up so early, we all got to UCO on time and were ready to go. Once we got to the designated elementary school, Clegern, we emptied out the cars carrying rakes, shovels, and brooms and got to work. Seeing the school, we did not really understand why it needed volunteers. To us it seemed like a privileged elementary school. Not only was helping clean up the school nice, but it was also super fun getting to

day of school. I quickly got dressed and ran down the stairs to get some breakfast. I ate my breakfasts meal, and since there was time to kill before we were allowed to enter school, I pet my dogs and just layed down in my warm, soft blankets. I wish I could bring my dogs and my blankets to school with me, I thought to myself, but I know school is a time for learning, not for sleeping and relaxing. Once it was around 7:25 AM, my dad drove me to school. I met my friends in front of the school by the

experience, but I know I am not the only person that can relate. People go to school just to receive a diploma or to get a degree, simply because it is instilled in us throughout our school years that if we don’t have a diploma or degree we won’t be able to get a job and be successful in life. McDonald’s will not even hire you without a high school diploma, so people do the bare minimum just to get that diploma. Students go to school to earn a grade, not to learn. I was one of those students that paid attention

In addition, there was always a jar filled with candy or little toys that we had to guess how many were in the jar. The person who guessed the closest got to keep the jar and got a free book. Honestly, no one could resist buying something from the school supply section. It was filled with things such as food shaped erasers or pens with poof balls attached to them. Those were the times

beyond what words can express to each and every individual who has given up some of their life story to help us write our own. I know that I will miss all of you, and that farther down the road in life I will be able to look back upon my years of elementary school fondly and reflect upon my cherished memories and bonds. As a line from the movie Catching Fire so wisely quoted: “Our lives are not measured by the number of years we live, but by the number of lives we touch.” Every person in this room has

Do you remember those journal entries we all had to do at school as little kids? When your teacher would pass out everyone’s notebooks and write a short prompt on the whiteboard? Most kids dreaded that part of the day, but not me. I loved to write. Even at the age of eight, in Mrs. Greenfield 's second grade class, I thought it was something special. I would take the prompt into careful consideration and write my thoughts in the neatest penmanship my little hands could muster. But my favorite part

the school is for ages six weeks up to three years old. It helps out the families who are lower income to get their children the education that they need for the early years of their lives. In Early Head Start there are 48 children that are enrolled in school. Before going out to Early Head Start, I had never heard of it before, so I wasn 't sure what to expect. While I was driving to the school I could see that the neighborhood that the school was in was lower income. Once I saw the school building

native tongue at the start of primary school I was put into ESL separated from the regular standardized classes. There were instances my childlike self would curse my luck from belonging to a totally different cultural background. Ir was frustrating and bothering beyond belief that learn wasn't coming to me as efficiently or smoothly as other students by grade level. Reading Comprehension, writing and speaking were always my core struggles in primary school, while other students had mastered reading

Creative Thinking Unit This is due Sunday, Oct. 29th by 10:00 pm on turnitin.com. Bring a printed copy to class, please. For this assignment, you’ll watch this TED talk http://www.enchantedmind.com/wp/do-schools-kill-creativity/. The speaker is a British professor, Ken Robinson, who believes schools are killing children’s creativity. This video is meant to help you build a bridge from systems of education and learning (what we have been studying) to types of thinking (what we are moving on to). As

Before graduating elementary and jumping into middle school my homeroom adviser always advises us to try and enter the school program in this particular high school. The thing is to enter the program you need to take an entrance exam and get at least 85% on it. The first week of May 2012 my mom and I went to my elementary school to collect my transcripts that I needed to enroll for grade 7. At that moment and for the last time I saw my grade 6 teachers. Upon getting my transcripts I can hear my grade