Saturday, June 11, 2011
With their goal achieved, the only thing left was to humiliate their principal
Driven by their desire to help Japan in the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami, the student council at Montgomery Elementary approached their principal for help. "After the tsunami on March 11th, the student council came to me and asked if they could do some sort of fundraising event to show their support," said Sean Arney, principal of Montgomery Elementary. "We decided to do a day of jumping jacks, where kids went out and got sponsors for the number of jumping jacks they could do in one minute." The goal for the fundraising effort was $3,111.10, representing the day of the earthquake and the tsunami that followed. "About two weeks ago, the whole school did as many jumping jacks as they could in 60 seconds, to symbolize the …
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Were you captured in our lens this week?
This week's Montgomeryville-Lansdale Patch "Viewfinder" captured teacher Amanda Blocklinger's first-grade students and Kristin Mellon's fifth-graders at Knapp Elementary making paper cranes for Japanese tsunami and earthquake victims. We also captured the excitement during last weekend's "Discover the Future" American Association of University Women event at Penndale. Where will our camera be next week?
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Students at Knapp Elementary School are making 1,000 paper cranes for one wish for the Japanese: to be safe
Knapp Elementary School students are folding their way to one wish. In the wake of the tragic disaster left by a tsunami and earthquake in Japan, first grade teacher Amanda Blocklinger became inspired to have her school make a difference. After reading the children’s book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes,” Blocklinger and her class learned of an ancient Japanese saying: one that creates 1,000 origami paper cranes would be granted a wish by a crane. Blocklinger passed the idea along to her peers to have students make 1,000 paper cranes and offer the chance for the 600-some students to donate 50 cents toward each sheet of origami paper that will eventually be sent to Japan. There is a holiday in Japan called Obon Day, where the Japanese…
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Students at Knapp Elementary School are making 1,000 paper cranes for one wish for the Japanese: to be safe
Knapp Elementary School students are folding their way to one wish. In the wake of the tragic disaster left by a tsunami and earthquake in Japan, first grade teacher Amanda Blocklinger became inspired to have her school make a difference. After reading the children’s book “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes,” Blocklinger and her class learned of an ancient Japanese saying: one that creates 1,000 origami paper cranes would be granted a wish by a crane. Blocklinger passed the idea along to her peers to have students make 1,000 paper cranes and offer the chance for the 600-some students to donate 50 cents toward each sheet of origami paper that will eventually be sent to Japan. There is a holiday in Japan called Obon Day, where the Japanese…
40.24052
-75.262389
Knapp Elementary School
698 Knapp Rd, Lansdale, PA
/articles/one-wish-1000-paper-cranes
855058
/locations/3754788
Andrew Shiroff
6:24 pm on Saturday, June 11, 2011
A truely amazing, thoughtful, and heartful feet. What a beautiful thing the children came up with. Hats off and a flag on the principles head to the children. Andrew shiroff more ›