We Are One Big Happy Family

By: 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.”