// Week of January 21 //

We’ve had a lot on our minds this week!

We’ve been continuing our conversations about justice and building a fairer world for everyone— we read Freedom Summer, by Deborah Wiles, and talked about friendship and looking out for and supporting our friends when they’re faced with injustice. We also talked about how it’s so important to work hard to change unfair laws, as Martin Luther King , Jr. did, but that there’s often still unfairness that we can help counter in everyday life.  Some of the children volunteered ideas such as, “letting everyone have snack” and “making sure everyone has some blue blocks, even if they’re little” and “making a signup so everyone gets a turn with the blocks”. One friend understood the value of fairness this way: “Back in the olden days, girls couldn’t grow up to be doctors! And it’s good that people changed that rule because otherwise (name of an HPMS first grader who used to be in Silver)’s mom wouldn’t be a doctor today! And then she wouldn’t be able to get the beads out of our ears and noses!!!”

We’ve also been preparing for spring via some seed-starting activities— more on this next week :-)