Round the World Night is huge success!

Thursday, November 18th was a fantastic night at Kennedy Elementary School. Parents and their children were able to "travel" to 6 of the 7 continents without ever leaving Winder, Georgia. This was in part to Kennedy's teachers, PTO, and HealthMPowers working together to put on Kennedy Elementary School's first "Round the World Night". This was a 2-week unit that every class taught. The teachers were given their continent, and then each of them chose which country they would use to teach their Georgia Performance Standards through. 28 countries in all were taught for those two weeks along with the music, art, and Physcial Education teachers teaching games, music, and art from around the world. Thursday night was the culminating presentation of all their learning. Over 575 people signed in as "world travelers" with probably another 300 who did not sign in for the night. Each family was given a passport to record their travels and off they went. They were treated to music, art work, literature, travel guides, wonderful food cooked by our awesome PTO(HealthMPowers provided the recipes to help make them not just international but also healthy), and some really fun games. This was a fantastic time of family bonding and everyone who came seemed to have a great time. A 5th grade student told me, "That was the most fun that I have ever had with my parents!"; a kindergarten student said, "I loved it, especially playing 'Tininkling' with my mom from the Philippines."; and a 3rd grade said, "That was great; I went to all 28 countries!".
Our PTO also gave away a $100 international gift package ($25 @ Olive Garden, $25 @ PF Changs, $25 @ On The Border, and $25 @ Outback Steakhouse) to one of the lucky travelers. Ms. Taylor was the lucky winner while Ms. Bray-Teate, Ms. Brown, and Ms. Grossman were also winners as well. It really was a great time and we look forward to our Proud to be an American Family night in April.