October 2018 - November 2018
An Iroquois Myth
Alvin: Once, in a storm just like this one, an Iroquois person was magically transported into the land of the Thunder People!
Davony, Rachel & Maireen: The storm is getting powerful!
Jhiram: Those are stratonimbus clouds. They look flat like a blanket.
Rachel: No, those are cumulonimbus because they are tall and puffy and they have…
All: Thunder and Lightning!!!
An Iroquois Myth
Adair: Their hearts were happy and their feet were dancing, and by some magic these children ascended into the sky.
Justin, Mia and Delmis: In the sky, they became shooting stars!
Pamela: At least, this is what we Iroquois say. This is how we think shooting stars came to be.
Byron: The stars remind us to work hard in the coming year and to celebrate our accomplishments!
May 2019 - June 2019
Narrator: And so, the leaders of the 13 colonies sent their constitution to their people.
Narrator: The people loved the idea of a new government! But they wondered if the leaders could create more rights that directly impacted the people.
Pamela: The people want to have freedom of speech! They want to speak freely without anyone saying they cannot.
George Washington: I agree. The people should have freedom of speech!
Drivers and Truck: Move out of the way!
Newsies: We’re not moving until the price of newspapers goes back down!
Edelyn: It was not our choice to change the price!
Angelly: It was Mr. Hearst and Mr. Pulitzer!
Police: Stop this fighting! Go home or you’re coming with us!
Newsies: No!
Brandon: We’re going to walk out of school for our safety, it is our right to have freedom of assembly!
Keyli: Never again do we want school shootings.
Aylin: Never again do we want to feel unsafe in our schools.
Nick: Never again do we want to see people die.
All: We want change, freedom and peace!
Photos by Angela Peletier