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The late, great Dr. Martin Luther King’s life is celebrated at chapel service at St. Anne’s Episcopal School
Everybody ought to know what freedom is,
Everybody ought to know what justice is,
Everybody ought to know what happiness is,
Everybody ought to know what freedom is.
(African-American spiritual performed by the first graders at St. Anne’s Episcopal School)
Photo above: A fifth grader tells a story about a civil rights hero during the ‘radio broadcast’ portion of the St. Anne’s chapel service honoring the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Other fifth graders await their turns.
January 29, 2008, Middletown, DE
The late, great Dr. Martin Luther King’s life and legacy were celebrated with song, speeches, dramatic readings, and a play at a recent all-school chapel service at St. Anne’s Episcopal School. The service commenced with a solemn peace march, led by the kindergarteners, who quietly walked through the school’s halls to the gym, waving signs of peace – the only sounds heard were the patter of tiny feet and kindergarten teacher Kari Kalloo’ gentle beating of an African drum.
During the 45-minute service, which was held in the school gym, third grade students shared words of peace in different languages, followed by readings from the Prophet Isaiah.
Fifth graders performed a beautiful skit that was presented as a live radio broadcast about significant events in the civil rights movement, and Mrs. Shannon Cameron’s sixth and seventh grade language arts classes performed a play called Pioneering Women. In Pioneering Women, two women, played by Elsa McLean and Hannah Willey traveled in a makeshift blue van to the birth places of great American women whose personal or professional lives made a huge impact on equal rights. The two women ‘visited’ birthplaces of women such as Susan B. Anthony, Helen Keller, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sally Ride, and Rosa Parks to learn about the accomplishments of these great women and the impact they had on women’s and civil rights.
“I found the entire service to be very meaningful and moving,” said Shannon Cameron, whose classes performed Pioneering Women. “It is inspiring to see that our students are finding ways to integrate Dr. King’s important message in their everyday lives.”