End of the Year Film

Here is the movie that the students and Leslie Patterson put together about the students’ time enduring my class.

5th grade End of the Year Movie from Jason Flom on Vimeo.

Cornerstone’s Haitian Food for Haitian lives: by ella kiwala

 

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the cold wind blows against a young 5th grade girl; her long dark  brown hair blowing in the wind, the leaves swirling around her, as  she adds lemonade powder to a large cooler while fourth, eighth and  fifth graders prepared for their fundraiser for Haiti, “Haitian food for Haitian lives”. It was a lunch and bake sale to raise money for Haiti at cornerstone learning community,(http://www.cornerstonelc.com/). on jan 29th. about 3 weeks after the earthquake hit Haiti.

“100% of proceeds will got to a non-prophet orization helping Haiti.” says Augie Soder

“The lunch is only $5.00 for an adult and $3.00 for a kid, but yet we made about $1,400 to give to Haiti!”said Paige Machie.

”It was a fundraiser to help Haiti recover from the earthquake. By doing that we had a bake sale and a Haitian meal.” says Paige Huewan

” i dont know why we didnt star doing this sooner.” Liam Martin

Kids put up colorful sings, and posters. Also some pie graphs about the Haiti stats, a poster that had some basic language, and another with Haiti proverbs.

under a covered area there are random teachers and some parents who volunteered to help; also some eight graders and some more parents are frying the plantains while the fourth graders are helping the fifth graders and bringing down the ladles and large forks and wooden spoons from the Slader house, “a house at the top of the quarter-mile track”    Paige Machie describes. the fifth graders are arranging the paper plates, plastic forks, and getting the lemonade ready,  laying out the cold salad and the beans and rice, and getting ready to man the bake sale’s  stampede of hungary people with a serious sweet teeth.

As the three classes cook and prepare, the rest of the school remains shivering up in front of the stage as they watching the FAMU director for the international student program talk about what FAMU is doing to help Haiti. He talked about how they were going to give Haiti some supplies and that they would need people like us to donate some

  • Blankets

  • Towels, Washcloths and Toothbrushes

  • Hygiene Products (soap, toothpaste, feminine products, alcohol swabs, diapers etc.)

  • First Aid Kits (self contained)

  • Antibiotics (ointment)

  • Medical Supplies (bandages, gauze, peroxide, etc.)

  • Bug Spray

  • Flashlights and Batteries

  • Detergent

  • Toilet Paper

See more at http://www.famu.edu/index.cfm?haitirelief&DropOffCenters

How do you feel about giving Haiti $1,400?

“It thinks it was encouraging that we knew someone other than us was taking charge, helping Haiti.” said Paige Machie.

“I feel good, because they will use the money in a good way to help all of the people who need allot of help” Aliyah Kimelman

“I think it’s a big accomplishment.” said Abby Stone

“I feel good.” Lilli Hanks said.

“A big success!” Oscar Patterson noted

“Awesome” said Noah Wise.

“I thought we would only rise like, $100 dollars, but we made a mind blowing $1,400!” Paige Machie commented.

They brought cameras and microphones and they made us feel like we were seen, like we were really helping like we were making a real difference.  We were; we made a difference. We made a $1,400 difference.

Big thanks to:

Paige Machie ,Augie Soder, Abby Stone ,Paige Huewan ,Oscar Patterson, Noah Wise, Lilli Hanks, Liam Martin and Aliyah Kimelman

Behind The Scenes Marketing “Scheme”

On Jan29th a Friday, the 4th,5th, and 8th graders of Cornerstone Learning Community put on a “Haitian Food For Haitian Lives” fundraiser, to help raise money for Haiti after the earthquake hit. Two of our teachers here at school have some relashion to the subject, Miss Small the 4th grade teacher is from Jamaica, and  Miss Janviar the social studies teacher she happens to be part Jamaican and Haitian now for the info. 

I am writing on how they got they got the word out . Its the day before the event, children are scurrying around the room putting last min touches on there posters, now some quotes from the kids,5th grade student Jay,”Well, you know its for a good cause and well you know its a GREAT way to stay in shape and well you know its for a good cause. Other student Wilson Abshire, does concer.

For most children this was not a horrible experience.The poster making was fun as student Lilli Hanks said “It was fun running around the school hanging up posters and what not.” Personally I thought getting the word out was easier than it would be, but it was still fun, with a total earning of $1200. With a total number of  75 students, in my perspective that’s a lot of money. student Augie Soder quotes ,”It was hard but it was fun.” That’s how we, the 5th,4th and 8th grade ,GOT THE WORD OUT.

Haitian Fundraiser

On Friday Jan. 29, 4th, 5th, and 8th grades put on a fundraiser to raise money for Haiti by making a meal and inviting kids and adults.  I am here to tell you about it with some of the 8th graders who helped make the fundraiser happen! It all started in the 5th grade room at Cornerstone thinking of a name and the kind of event we were going to put on.

I sat down with a few of the middle schoolers to hear what they thought about the “Haitian Food for Haitian Lives” meal. One of the 8th graders said, ” I think cooking for the Haitian meal was very important because it was the main part in the money making.” Another 8th grader said, “Every one person helped in making a difference in the fundraiser.”

Cornerstone has pulled together once again to help make a difference in the world where we could help!

My awesome day at BirdSong

My class went on a field trip to a place called  Birdsong……. it’s awesome!!!!!!!

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My 5th grade class went there with the 4th grade too. We went to Birdsong to pull an invasive plant called “Cow Killer”. My class has been to Birdsong multiple times, but none of the of the other times were  as fun as this time. Because. . . Our group was out , hot as the sun and as bruised as a banana, Ross, from my class,Carter, from 4thgrade, Thomas in 4th grade and me, with Ross in 5th grade . . . . We pulled and pulled and pulled at what seemed like at least 500 “Cow Killer” plants and there were tuns of pricky plants with thorns. . . . We all had a great spanking time!   By the way,  just too let you know the image above is like 1/1,000,000 of the whole Birdsong.