Burgess Students Helping Haiti

My students never cease to amaze me. Over the long weekend, one of my students felt the need to help Haiti children and created a proposal to present to Student Council this morning. It never ceases to amaze me how civic minded children can be.

Click here to look at the proposal!

I try to teach my students to "think globally, act locally" and sometimes feel that the children just don't get it. They are too busy thinking of themselves and instant gratification--being children. Then I get a proposal like this, with a unanimous yes by student council and I know that the children are listening, and responding in ways more mature and thoughtful ways than I could have imagined!