We Are One Big Happy Family

3rd grade class

3rd, Estabrook Elementary School
Teacher: Stacy Schwartz
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Artist Statement

Third Grader Nevaeh Townsend said, “At school we mostly learn to get along, play and work out our differences. My classroom is like one big family. Most of the time we are happy to work together regardless of our differences.”

Savannah Wares-Pickens said, “Many students come from different cultural backgrounds which can be hard when you are learning a new language too. Our teachers and Principal are stand-ins for our parents during the school day. Our school even has Reading Specialists, and Grandmas that work with us, as well as college students to help us in two or three of our lessons.”

Third grader Shamari Brown said, “The world would be boring if we were all exactly the same.”

""When people learn to love, the world will be at peace." by Cawley K., Eberwhite Elementary, Ann Arbor teacher Sarah George"


Ann Arbor, Michigan