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Geggie Students Stand Up for What's Right

Geggie Elementary School first grade teacher planted dreams for dreams—and for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

Katie McCaw's first grade students at in prepared for what Martin Luther King Jr. Day was supposed to stand for:  do what's inherently right even when it's the unpopular position or decision.

Last Monday McCaw said she started with the students drawing self-portraits. "I didn’t tell them what it was for, but we all held out our hands and talked about the differences in our hands," she said.

"We took a close look at our skin color and determined that we all have a different color."

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McCaw said the kids then drew their self-portrait and really worked on getting their skin color the same as their own. "We looked at different color eyes and shapes of noses.  We talked about how some of us have glasses and some of us don’t."

She said the next day she read a story about Martin Luther King. "The kids were connected to the story, and we discussed how important it is to stand up for what is right even if you feel as though you are the only one."

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She said they also watched a part of Martin Luther King’s speech and talked about how dreams can come true. "Each student then came up with a dream they want to see for the world," she said.

Editor's Note: The accompanying photos are a sample of resulting depictions of what Geggie Elementary students portrayed as dreams they wanted to see come true.


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