Celebrating World Peace

Rose Tree Elementary honored the 2016 International Day of Peace with activities throughout the school. The fourth grade teachers planned an entire day of peace-related learning, focusing on how students can make a difference in their school community, neighborhoods, and even the world.

Photo 1: Fourth grade students and their teachers created a human peace sign in the playground.

Photo 2: After a shared reading, student wrote poems about peace. Pictured: (l-r) Stella Dougherty, Heila Massaquoi, Kegan Clarke, and Issac Santonastaso.

Photo 3: Fourth grade teachers (l-r) Mrs. JoAnn Podlaski, Mrs. Maureen Naylor, and Mrs. Sara McKelvey rotated students through all three classrooms for peace day activities and the sharing of biographies about peacemakers in our world.