Youngsters wave their flags at Fun Day event
Submitted by Jean Simers
The third Saturday Family Fun and Learning Day was held on November 11th at Calhoun County Middle-High School.
These days are a cooperative project between Heads Up, GEAR Up, and the Parent-Educator Resource Center. On Veterans Day there was 61 students and 53 parents in attendance.
The session started with the students who are Boy or Girl Scouts leading the group in the Pledge of Allegiance and a poem was read about the flag. Those attending were asked to sign a banner with the names of veterans they would like to honor.
After breakfast the students made patriotic crafts and the parents attended informational sessions with the Parent-Educator Resource Center and Sheriff Carl Ballengee. Each child received an American flag. Before re-joining their parents to make a star wreath for Veterans Day, the children marched around the gymnasium waving their flags to patriotic music.
Winners of $20 WalMart gift cards from the Heads Up program were: Sandra Bugby, Julie Burrows, Richard Butler, and Bev Metz. Winner of a $25 gas card from GEAR Up was Dolly Hickman.
The next Saturday Fun and Learning Day will be December 16th - if students and parents attend five of the eight planned sessions they are eligible for the field trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo in May 2007.
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