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Students celebrate famous Ohioans
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The event closed with the Lloyd third-graders singing a song about how proud they are to be from Ohio.
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Tanner Craig showed that his subject, Thomas Edison, was full of great ideas. Craig brought Edison's invention, the light bulb, as part of his speech.
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Ashley Mickey brought a sign that declared “Civil Rights Now!” as part of her costume for activist Ruby Dee.
By SARAH FOOR
On May 18, Lloyd third-graders impersonated astronauts, actresses, athletes, inventors, and authors for their year-end social studies project.
Although the cast of characters seemed random, they were all similar in that they were all born in the great state of Ohio.
The Lloyd Ohioans project began eight years ago thanks to third-grade teachers Clarice Marshall and Pam Percy.
“This is our way of helping the third-graders before they head off to Frank Ohl,” explained Percy. “The kids will work extensively on the history of Ohio in the fourth grade, so this end of the year project gives them a good knowledge of many Ohioans who changed the face of this country.”
“It’s very important that the students learn about the great legacy that they’re a part of, being born or raised in Ohio,” Marshall added.
The presentation began with a performance by the third-graders, who sang “The Fifty Nifty United States.”
Afterward, each student had time at a microphone to recite a 30-second speech about their subject. Guests at the event were honored to meet Ty Cobb, Neil Armstrong, Thomas Edison, Phyllis Diller, Ruby Dee and LeBron James through the students’ reports.
Third-grader Bailey Fritz completed her report on actress Doris Day and appreciated that she had something in common with her subject.
“Doris Day ended up being an animal rights activist. I love animals, too, so it was cool to learn,” Fritz shared.