Owls 2012-2013: "The Pes Poles:" (Sound it out letter by letter)

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Friday, September 21, 2012

"The Pes Poles:" (Sound it out letter by letter)

Today is International Peace Day, and after sharing our ideas about peace at Morning Meeting, the Owls were inspired to go on a peace mission. They love daily missions with Mike around the school, and given that peace was on their mind, it turned into a Peace Police (or "Pes Poles") mission. There was some debate as to whether it was a secret mission, but everybody like the idea of making signs. Some children drew on their signs, and others used kid writing to sound out the letters to write. Next they taped the signs onto sticks, and we we ready to march! Well, almost. First we had to make up a peace police song. Here's how it goes: