Haine’s youngest students learn about, celebrate diversity
CRANBERRY TWP — A kindergarten class at Haine Elementary School enjoyed a hands-on lesson Thursday, Jan. 12, morning that celebrated the rich colors of diversity.
In anticipation of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 16, the students in Ciara Was’ classroom sat together on a large rug to ponder King and his mission during the civil rights era in the 1960s.
Was instructed students to turn to the classmate next to them and discuss what they learned about King, then she asked her students to share what they had discussed.
“Dark-skinned people had to sit in the back of the bus, and light-skinned people sat in the front,” one student said.
Was then asked the students what happened to Rosa Parks when she sat down on a bus after a long, exhausting workday.
