Dear Parents and Guardians,
I am SO PROUD of our students and their participation in the Thursday and Friday, October 3rd and 4th, field trips to the Museum of Tolerance. Your children wrote reflective and insightful observations about their experiences. The other teachers said that our students were great. One of the docents, whose mother had died in the Holocaust, said that her group was one of the "top ten" of all the groups she had ever led.
Students stated that they now will "stand up for what they think," that "acts of kindness can help," that they will "help anyone being bullied," and that they are now "much more grateful and appreciative for their lives." (However, we need to work on spelling "grateful" and not "greatful.")
Thank you to our parent chaperones. They made this happen, from being on the bus, chaperoning the groups, and leading valuable discussions and debriefings before students wrote their reflections. One parent wrote, "I was very surprised that every single student was quiet and respectful and genuinely in what was being presented."
We are grateful to all of you that donated. These trips would have cost over $4,000, but we received donations from parents, Board Member Scott Schmerelson (2 buses), Council John Lee (one bus), and an entrance fee grant from the Museum of Tolerance ($10.50 per student and chaperone - over $2,000).
To our amazing administrators, Mr. Horowitz, Ms. Turner, Ms. Bates, Ms. Oduwole, Ms. Romey and Ms. Yankie: Thank you for your organizational support to make this happen. This truly takes a village and we made it happen!!! Nobel's mission of learning by doing was evident in this field trip. We had experiential field trips, interacted with community members at the Museum who led our tours, spoke about our feelings and thoughts with parents after the Museum, and reflected on how we will use this to make the Nobel community even better moving forward.
I am proud to be part of the Nobel family.
Gratefully,
Jill Hagan