A Great American

Adam received the Great American Award last week in their 5th grade Patriotic Program.  Just a few of the kids earned it and it took a lot of work so we are super proud of Adam.  He had to do the following:

**memorize all the states and capitals and label them on a blank map

**memorize the Preamble

**memorize the 1st and last verse of the Star Spangled Banner

**make an art project reflecting patriotism (he painted a big flag on a canvas)

**do a report on a great American inventor and do an experiment (Adam did Thomas Edison and built his own little flashlight

**make a timeline of 10 great Americans (he included grandpa in his Navy uniform)

**do 3 hours of community service

**do a project of his own (he mapped all the National Parks in the US)

We now have another GREAT AMERICAN in the family!!!