Our Teach Like A PIRATE Day will take place on Monday, May 18, 2015. This will be the 3rd one I have been a part of. I have to be honest, this one has the potential to be the best one yet. The main reason for this is because of the enthusiasm of our students and our staff.
When we did the first TLAP Day back in 2013, no one really knew what it was. I did not let the kids know about it until a few days before it happened. Last year we began to hype it well in advance, and now, new students enter our school asking about it. The secret is out.
Our community has embraced this day and local businesses are beginning to put their money behind it. While we are far from going corporate, local businesses are offering a helping hand. Our art teacher spoke to the manager at the local Wendy's fast food restaurant to ask if they would donate salad containers for an art project. Once our teacher explained TLAP Day and how kids run TO the next class, the manager could not say yes fast enough. The question to my art teacher was "How many do you need?"
I have worked in schools in which it seemed like the community did not support the schools. When I reflect back, I ask myself, "Did the schools give the community a real reason to want to support them?"
I hate to make blanket statements. I cannot say that if you do this in your school that suddenly the community will have your back. This community supported the schools long before I came to Big Walnut, but TLAP day gives them one more visible reason why they should.
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