We have chosen this year’s class name: The Skilled Sharks.  Congratulations to Jack for writing and presenting a persuasive and thoughtful speech.     Congratulations as well to all of the students for their strong participation in the class naming process!

In Social Studies, we have been studying the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.   This document lists 54 articles outlining the rights that children should have throughout the world.   We learned how many countries signed this agreement, and how “ratifying” it meant that they adopted its ideas into law.

Using the main points from Jack’s speech and adding our own ideas, we created a classroom contract. I am proud of the students for doing such a great job.   The students have all signed our contract.   Now it is up to us to show our commitment to creating the classroom we have described.  It will take the effort and responsibility of each member of our class community to turn these ideas into reality.