Dear Parents,

Whelp….I didn’t get to it on Friday….so below is my delinquent blog!  ;)

Friday, we celebrated Patriot Day, in honor of the 20^th anniversary of 9-11.  The students were asked to wear red, white, and blue.  We read a few books and I shared some pictures with the kids of when I went to NYC.  I have a friend that lives there and I visited her the summer after, September 11^th, when Ground Zero was still very much a construction site.  That was a very powerful visit and one that I will never forget. 

We formed a flag!  Can you see it?  Squint your eyes a little bit to help...LOL. 

"Miss Gallagher, we wore the EXACT same shirt and we aren't even in the same grade!"

Can't seem to flip this....but anyways...this is a TRUE story of a fireboat that helped to put out the fires at Ground Zero.  When the towers collapsed, the hydrants weren't able to be used.  The fireboats helped! 

Another true story about a man that walked between the Twin Towers before they were finished being built.  

This cross was formed when the towers fell and it was kept up at Ground Zero for many, many months.  (I had to take the picture through the fence, but still very powerful to see it there!)

Every year, one (or more) child asks me…why.  That’s a great question!  WHY.  Many lives were lost that day and SO many were affected for the rest of their life.  It’s still very hard to understand the why.  However, even if we have so many questions and not enough answers, we can know that God was in the midst of it all.  He is also in the midst of our lives!  He wants us to never forget that He loves us like crazy, that He will never leave us, and that He will always be there for us.  We can trust that.

We are starting to practice writing our letters!  Each student has a “Space Man”, that helps us with our spacing.  We are reminding ourselves (and others!) that letters are NEVER formed from the bottom up.  I think that some students have it in their brains to form letters that way, so if you see that at home, please help to remind your firstie! Thank you!

Look for another Blog on Wednesday!  J