Presbyterian School Salutes Patriots

Presbyterian School celebrated its annual Colonial Day with fifth grade students.    As part of their history curriculum, Presbyterian School fifth graders study colonial America and the steps leading to the American Revolution.  Students enjoy a multidisciplinary curriculum that teaches them the extraordinary events and heroes of the American Revolutionary period along with the values and principles upon which this nation was founded.  The curriculum is an immersion in the lives, music, art, literature, values, government principles and worldview of the patriots of that time.  The fifth grade study culminates in a Colonial Day Celebration.  On Colonial Day, fifth graders came dressed in colonial costumes and participated in colonial crafts such as making cornhusk dolls, tussy mussies, slate painting, and butter making.  Boys were instructed in Latin, penmanship, and military drills; while girls learned the art of the fan, had a tea ceremony, and learned to sew a sleeve for a Continental soldier.  All students learned to play colonial games.  A Continental soldier came to give a report on the newly signed Declaration of Independence.  At the end of the day, students offered a program of colonial songs, dances and plays for their parents and friends.