Welcome to 1st Grade

First Graders wanted to help other students with their PBL this year after being inspired by a story we read in ELA.  They began by creating a survey to see if any schools in our diocese needed anything to help teach kiddos like them.  We found that there wasn't a great need for this at this time but, the firsties were not discouraged!  We reached out to our community partners at OhGo and they had a way we could help the community and other children, Bash Bags.  These are bags that will be given to families that use OhGo's services and have a child with a birthday approaching.  They told us that families who are struggling to provide regular meals were heartbroken when one of their children had a birthday coming up and they were not able to afford a celebration.  The students decided this was a problem they could solve.  They created handmade birthday bags and cards. Then they stuffed the bags with birthday plates, napkins, candles, chalk, bubbles, and a birthday horn.  OhGo will provide the finishing touches by adding a cake mix and icing for a full birthday bash in a bag.  What a great  way for these students to problem solve and help our community at the same time!