WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW
HAPPY "BACK TO SCHOOL" SEASON
"Thank You for the Work"
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What does it take to be a fire fighter?
What skills are required?
What does it take to be a fire fighter?
What qualities does it take to be hired?
Strength and courage, confidence and more.
With you our hearts are so much lighter,
Thank you, dear neighbor fire fighter?
What does it take to be a nurse or doctor?
What skills are required?
What does it take to be a nurse or doctor?
What qualities does it take to be hired?
Knowledge of science, kindness, calm and more.
With you our hearts are so much lighter,
Thank you, dear neighbor nurse and doctor?
What does it take to be a classroom teacher?
What skills are required?
What does it take to be a classroom teacher?
What qualities does it take to be hired?
Wisdom, patience, rapport with kids and more.
With you our hearts are so much lighter,
Thank you, dear neighbor classroom teacher?
When you are older you will decide
what you want to do.
Some of us will help provide the goods,
Food, clothing, shelter, technology too.
Some will provide the services to protect, educate, and care,
With you we stay healthy, safer, and stronger,
Thank you to everyone for the work you do!
"Books into Wings"
10 – 9 -8 – 7 – 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 - 2 – 1 – BLAST OFF!
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Chorus: Bessie was a flier,
Ronnie too,
Mae was a flier,
How about you?
They studied Science, Math,
And many other things,
Picked up some books
And turned them into wings.
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Bessie Coleman was born in Texas.
She went to France to learn to fly.
Before falling to her death in 1926,
She starred in airshows across the sky.
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Chorus: Bessie was a …
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Ron McNair was born in South Carolina,
Played saxophone and went to M. I. T.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When the Challenger exploded in ’86,
The astronaut’s life ended in tragedy.
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Chorus: Bessie was a …
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Mae Jemison was born in Alabama,
Grew up in Chicago, went to Stanford U.
She worked as a doctor in West Africa.
NASA launched her shuttle in ’92.
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Chorus: Bessie was a … repeat last line twice