Wallace Middle School

While learning more about the events/history of 9/11, Wallace Middle School students participated in a variety of activities.  We had a school-wide Patriot Day with students and staff sporting their red, white, and blue.  Eighth-grade student, Leah O., led a 9/11 Tribute and a collective Moment of Silence for the entire school over the intercom at 8:46 a.m., the time Flight 11 struck the World Trade Center's North Tower.  Some of the History, Civics, and World Geography classes have been discussing heroes this week, particularly highlighting acts of altruism and bravery.  They specifically took a look at Welles Crowther, and students are independently researching four of their own examples to share.  They brainstormed community service ideas and plan to do one in honor of lives lost on 9/11. Students enjoyed collaborating to create a large "Never Forget" poster to hang in the hall.  WMS teachers shared their own accounts of the events of that solemn day.  A few teachers were working at WMS or were students at our school on September 11, 2001; many of them explained how the day unfolded and impacted our community.