Flower Hill Assembly Encourages
Good Behavior
Flower Hill School's latest monthly assembly encouraged good behavior and the importance of listening and following the rules through a series of humorous skits and other teaching and learning devices.
As the entire student body and faculty corps looked on, Flower Hill's fourth graders took to the stage during the assembly with important messages related to this month's theme. Each fourth grade class shared its ideas as to what constitutes "good" and "bad" behavior.
Teacher Brenda McManus' class used poetry to express the importance of good behavior and listening. Students wrote stanzas that described their ideas on sterling conduct. They proudly took turns reading the poems out loud as the entire school community listened.
Teacher Karen Melara's class performed a short play that drove home the importance of following the rules on the bus to and from school each day. While comical, the skit was also serious, especially when it depicted the potential risk of injury if students do not listen and do not remain seated with their seat belts buckled while the bus is in motion.
Fourth graders in the class of teachers Corinda Walsh and Melissa deBruin put on a role-playing skit. The teachers played the part of students in two situations: good listening skills and poor listening skills. The audience had to pick which of the two segments showed the behavior students should display during the morning announcements, which were read by a youngster playing the part of actual Flower Hill Principal Marlon Small.
The "real" Mr. Small, along with whole audience, found the segment rather amusing as the teachers on the stage demonstrated the poor listening skills they sometimes see displayed. They tossed backpacks and toys around during the mock announcements and generally ignored what was being said. The scene allowed the youngsters to see themselves from an adult vantage point and the students later agreed that the better behavior of the two versions presented was the one that stressed listening to what is being said over the PA system and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance with a special level of dignity and respect.
"Flower Hill fourth graders are great role models for the entire school, said parent Debbie Chin, who attended the assembly program as co-historian of the PTA.