Meadow Park and Harmony Grove Schools

I recently got to speak to children at Harmony Grove and at Meadow Park schools! At Harmony Grove I spoke to all of the kindergarteners and first graders and at Meadow Park I spoke to a pre-kindergarten class! I took a different approach with my pre-kindergarten class at Meadow Park by reading a book and talking about different fun ways to help their classmates and friends by making sure that EveryONE Counts! The pre-kindergarten class was very special to me because I student taught in this classroom last fall! We had so much fun! 

Ms. Stacy Reed and me 

The children touching my crown before I left to wish me good luck at Miss Arkansas!

 At Harmony Grove I spoke to all of the kindergarten classes and first graders about EveryONE Counts and standing up for themselves and their friends. We also talked about different ways to make a difference at their school and how they can treat their classmates to show them that they matter.

All of the first graders I spoke to at Harmony Grove 

With the Kindergartens at Harmony Grove 

Reading to the first graders!

Talking about posters with the first graders!

EveryONE Counts with Smackover Elementary

I had the opportunity to speak with 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders at Smackover Elementary! I got to speak to the students about children with disabilities and bullying. I have previously spoken with 3rd and 4th grade, but this was the first time for me to speak to 5th and 6th graders. I had two big assemblies one with the 3rd and 4th graders and one with the 5th and 6th graders. I read a book, used visual posters, and gave them all bracelets! With the older grades I talked to them more about how serious bullying really is in our society and that the 5th and 6th grade is the targeted age of when bullying really becomes serious and gets severe. I gave them tips on how to help others and shared my story about being bullied in high school and it really helped some of the students relate to me. The most important part of both of the assemblies was telling the students that sometimes it only takes one person to stand up to be nice and help other people because EveryONE Counts! Their bracelets I gave them to wear remind them to make everyone feel like they matter and count every single day.

My teen queen, Haley Bird, came to help me hand out bracelets at both of the assemblies. I had a teacher from the 4th grade write on my facebook wall today and say that she overheard one of their 4th graders say to another kid "I'm going to go see if that boy wants to play with us...He looks sad" she said then he held up his wrist with his bracelet on it and said "EveryONE Counts". The teacher said it almost made her cry! It's so exciting to see that what I talked to the children about really got through to them. It's so gratifying to see that just by taking the time to speak to children and relating to what they are going through can make such a difference in their lives! The children at  Smackover are taking action and making a difference in our schools!