Throughout the Bellefonte Area School District, teachers and students remember 9/11 in their buildings. Below are a few highlights of the day.
At Bellefonte Elementary, Miss Maranda Hanley’s fourth and fifth grade students started off their English Language Arts (ELA) class by reading a passage and looking at a timeline of the events that occurred on September 11, 2001. Afterwards, students created an art project of an illusion of a knelt soldier and “Remember 9/11”. The students really enjoyed completing the project and learning facts about why today is so important in our country.
At Marion-Walker Elementary, Mrs. Colleen DeFonzo’s fifth grade ELA class read the book, “Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey.” This book tells the true story of a retired NYC fireboat and its owners, and how they heroically sprang to action on September 11, 2001. Next, they talked about heroes, and had a discussion about who some of our local heroes are.
Students were then invited to write a letter of gratitude to a person or group of people they consider a local hero. These letters will then be mailed to those chosen people!
At Bellefonte Area Middle School, Mr. Eric Himes has been highlighting a mini 9/11 lesson during his skills period- which is during the middle of the day. He begins with students sharing "Things I Know," "Things I Think I Know," and "What I Want To Know" at the beginning of the period. Mr. Himes has found that it is easier to answer the questions that the students have instead of providing them with loads of information. He then went through a brief slideshow with an overview video that explained the events of the day.
In all of the buildings, the principals spoke of the attacks at 8:46AM and the students and staff had a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives that day.
At the home cross county meet, sophomore Emma Burger shared a piece that she wrote to a crowd of fellow student-athletes, parents, coaches, teachers, family, and friends about never forgetting this important day.
The students and staff of the Bellefonte Area School District will continue to remember the events from that day.
