September Roses
Clark Public Schools
This year, the fourth and fifth graders of Valley Road School remembered September 11th by reading the story September Roses. Students were able to see September 11th through the lens of two sisters who came to the city for a flower show, but ended up with over 2,000 roses and nowhere to go. They watched as the sisters found shelter through strangers and subsequently sprang into action to try and help in any way possible. The sisters used their colored roses to form a memorial in Manhattan’s Union Square Park which lifted the spirits of many in New York that day.
By using the book September Roses to teach about September 11th this year, the fourth and fifth graders were able to focus on the unity and compassion that was seen in the hours and days that followed the initial attack. Each student in Mrs. Nicole Reagan, Mrs. Kelly Worton and Mr. Tyler Beck’s fifth-grade classes created red and white roses while the students in Mrs. Jennifer Guenther, Miss Emma Gilardi, and Mrs. Karen Quigley’s classes created purple and blue roses. Every rose came together to create a beautiful mural of our flag and the twin towers for all to see in our fourth and fifth-grade hallway at Valley Road School.
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