Peace Rally for PeaceBuilders at Swift River Elementary School

On Friday, December 7th, the students at Swift River Elementary School gathered by grade level for a Peace Rally in the C-Side Commons. Decked out in t-shirts donated by the CSSR PTO, the children sang songs, recited the PeaceBuilders Pledge and shared poems and other ways to talk about how to be peaceful at school, at home, and in the community.

Mr. Kuhn, SRE Principal, talks to the children about being PeaceBuilders.

Mr. Clark's and Ms. Stebbins' second graders present the PeaceBuilders Pledge in sign language.

At the end of each rally, the children filled up a large peace sign with words that describe how peace looks, sounds, and feels.

Mr. Butler, left, looks on as Ms. Sharma, center, and Ms. Napolitano, right, assist the children in filling up the peace sign.

Thanks go to all the staff, especially Mr. Kuhn, Principal, Ms. Napolitano, Assistant Principal, Ms. Sharma and Ms. Evans, Guidance Counselors, for making this a special day of building peace!

School Committee to meet on December 11th

The Belchertown School Committee will be meeting on Tuesday, December 11th at 7:00 pm in the library at Swift River Elementary School Library. Click here to see the agenda.

If you have any questions or comments about this blog post, feel free to call me at 413.323.0423 or email me at superintendent@belchertown.org.

Best Regards, Dr. Judith Houle, Superintendent of Schools