First Six Weeks Parade
by Debbie Winslow
October 10, 2009
Promenade Around the Halls:First Six Weeks Parade at J. B. Muñoz
The cold front brought with it excitement and jubilation to Muñoz
Elementary.
The halls were packed with rows of students sitting like an India, paying homage to their campus heroes.
And then they came. Some holding hands with parents. Some carrying baskets with balloons. Some doing both. All with smiles from ear to ear.
The occasion was the first Six Weeks Parade of the year. It is a celebration held to recognize the academic and comportment successes of our students.
The turnout was so great that parking became an issue for the
event. Parents, of course, were beaming with pride.
“My daughter is in second grade, and I love her,” said the parent
of one award winner. As did just about each parent, she exclaimed,
“I’m very proud of her.”
The parade tradition has been going on for several years now. “I
can’t even remember who started it,” one veteran teacher said. “I
just wish we could recognize even more of our students.”
The teacher shared that originally there was a committee that
discussed and voted on qualifying criteria. By now all teachers and
students know the ground rules. Each classroom is awarded one Super
Cardinal and as many A/B honor roll honorees as make the grade.
The event lasted less than half an hour, but it seems that the
effects might linger and make an impression for some time to
come.
“A third grader told me he didn’t like it because he wasn’t in it,”
one administrator said. “I have a hunch that student is going to
work much harder next six weeks.”
