Hear Ye, Hear Ye - Ashley Harper, the director of the Lower and Middle Schools at Brookwood, delivers very special invitations to the 5th graders who will take part in Patriots Day next Tuesday. She is dressed in the garb of a typical Patriot during the Revolutionary War period.
Brookwood students will take part in Patriots Day
THOMASVILLE - Students in both 5th grade classes at Brookwood School will immerse themselves in the life and culture of 18th century Patriots on Oct. 6. For the entire day and evening, the students will be dressed in period costumes as they celebrate Patriot's Day.
"Brookwood is the only school in Georgia and one of only 10 schools in the nation to participate in this special program," explained Ashley Harper, director of Brookwood's Lower and Middle Schools.
The students begin with an 8:30 a.m. original play performed for their families and friends in Chubb Hall. Then, they will take part in "A Day in the Life of a Colonist" as the boys learn Latin, deportment, architecture, recitation and militia training with a strict schoolmaster. The girls will attend a school of refinement to learn about deportment, genteel behavior, how to serve tea, the "language of the fan," and sewing, as they make shirts for the Continental soldiers who were freezing at Valley Forge during that time period.
The young Patriots will have hands-on experience creating Colonial crafts and other activities during the afternoon, as they participate in churning butter, making tin can lanterns and placemats and creating silhouettes.
Special evening activities will take place by candlelight at Dr. and Mrs. Chip Bragg's "Kolb's Hill Plantation" on Springhill Road with horse and carriage rides and events that will surprise the students as they immerse themselves in the "rules of civility" and the persona of a true Patriot of that era.
Harper, and 5th grade teachers Kendra Burrus and Lauri Parrott have planned the day's activities. Donna Passmore and Jan Smulcer, educators who specialize in preserving and recognizing freedom in this country, will be present and participate in Brookwood's Patriot Day.
Since the beginning of school in August, the students have learned how the country's freedom was born. They studied the events that led up to the Revolutionary War and what took place during and after the war. As a result of their studies, the students are more aware of the value of freedom in the United States and how all citizens must work to preserve it.
