Resilience Cafe

For the first seven weeks of study in the humanities at Audrey's school, she and the other Middle School students learned about resilient heroes from the past and present. They explored what it means to be resilient and the music, art and literature that can be born out of resilience. Students selected a historical figure to research and wrote Readers Theatre pieces to help their audience learn about them. They read To Kill a Mockingbird and non-fiction texts, looking for themes of resilience in characters and figures in the literature. Each scholar connected a resilient historical figure, a resilient community member, and their own personal story of resilience through writing and performing a spoken word poem. They did a wonderful job presenting their work last night. Audrey decided to research Joseph Smith, and wrote a piece about when he had to have his leg operated on as a young boy, and how he persevered through the intense pain with only the comfort of his father. She invited her third grade teacher, Mrs. Smith, who has been through some pretty hefty health setbacks and has come through with her faith and outlook intact. We were so proud of our girl! Photos below, and a video of her spoken word poem at the end.

Audrey performing her poem.

Participating in a Readers Theatre, written by one of her classmates.

Audrey and her guest, Mrs. Smith.

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