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ATLANTA—Middle school students at Immaculate Heart of Mary
School were recently immersed in a weeklong curriculum unit based on World War
II.
The students spent March 6-10 listening to guest speakers and
participating in other events to learn more about the war. Guest speakers
included the grandparents of seventh-grader Alex Wiley, who talked about their
service in the U.S. Army; Sgt. Carl Beck, who retold his story about
paratrooping over France; a member of the Piedmont Park Rocketry Club, who
demonstrated rockets on the school’s back field; and Erna Martino, a
speaker from the William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, who recounted stories
about the Holocaust.
Other highlights included a parent, teacher and student picnic
celebrating American patriotism, swing dance classes, interviews with veterans
and people on the homefront and assigned novels about the World War II era.
The students concluded their study with a memorial prayer service
emphasizing peace in the world. The middle school also collected $455 for the
National World War II Memorial fund. |
