St. Anthony School in Hawthorne, N.J., kicked off Catholic Schools Week with a learning fair and open house honoring the nation’s 250th birthday. All students participated along with many parents, faculty and staff.
Students from pre-K to first grade depicted the life of a child in 1776 through hands-on activities such as completing chores, playing games, doing schoolwork, and participating in social dancing. Second grade brought the Founding Fathers to life through a living museum, while the third grade re-enacted the Boston Tea Party.
Fourth-grade students showcased their studies and utilized their STEM skills to design wigwams and longhouses while studying the Native Americans of the Northeast Region during the Revolutionary period.
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Sixth-grade students presented their research on a variety of colonial topics, including trade, occupations, roles of women, fashion, food, medicine, spies, the military, notable figures such as George Washington and Phillis Wheatley, and Native Americans. They also demonstrated how to make clay beads and marbles. Seventh grade students explored colonial engineering as millwrights, designing and building waterwheels used to power sawmills, flour mills, and textile mills. They calculated the work, power, and horsepower generated by their waterwheels.
The eighth grade capped off the day with reenactments of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Washington Crossing the Delaware.
