Farnsworth House Blog

When we first walked into Big Dalton in September we were not official citizens. We had to go through a citizenship ceremony. Our citizenship ceremony was fun. Ms. Hixson (middle school principal) and Ms. Stein (head of school) spoke to us about the responsibilities of being a citizen at Dalton. They reminded us that we have a responsibility to keep Dalton clean and safe, where every student feels at home and included. Each House made a big puzzle earlier that week. Each student got to color their own puzzle piece which they then put together with their other House members.The teachers showed a slide show of us when we were making the puzzles.    Then Each House Teacher called us by name and house to come up on stage and accept a certificate and shake Ms. Hixson’s and Ms. Stein’s hands. When we were waiting up on stage some of us felt nervous. After the ceremony we felt relieved and happy.

After school we all went to the cafeteria to play “Bingo” and eat ice cream sundaes. The majority of people liked the ice cream sundaes because it felt good just to relax and eat ice cream in school. The prizes for the people who won “Bingo” were tattoos, stickers, pencils and erasers of blue tiger paws. Our new privledges includes being able to  write to our teachers on our e-mail accounts. We each got to pick our fourth grade community service electives. The electives are pep squad, create stationary, alumni helper, healthy foods, knit and pearl, middle school survival guide and law. We also now get to have lunch dates with anyone in the grade on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fourth grade is a big step forward!

By c17db1 and c17ak1

A sample puzzle

Putting the puzzle together