Did you ever think one small grade, one small school could change the lives of hundreds of people? If you said no, I am sorry, you are wrong.
The fourth grade teachers [at Lyme Consildated School], Mrs. Alger and Mrs. Flanagan, made it possible along with YouTube sensation ‘Kid President.’ He deeply inspired the fourth grade students of Lyme Consolidated to give socks to the homeless with a community service project called Sock-tober.
Instantly, we were challenging other classes and bringing in socks on our own. We blew our first goal of 275 pairs of socks out of the water in a mere two weeks, so we lifted it to 500 pairs.
We knew we could make a difference.
Pretty soon two other teachers, gym teacher Mrs. Ambruso and second grade teacher Mrs. Sestrom suggested Sock-tober to their children’s schools (Quaker Hill School and the Integrated Day Charter School in Norwich) and our hopes for Sock-tober soared.
By the end of October, we had collected 719 pairs of socks. They were donated to New London Homeless Shelter.
We knew it was possible to change lives, and we happily obliged.
Editor’s Note: This article was written by a student in Mrs. Alger’s class, Constance Sharp, who is 9-years-old. We’d like to hire Constance as soon as she’s ready!
Great job Lyme School fourth graders! You are a wonderful group of kids and it is amazing what a difference you made to so many people with your sock collection. Nice writing, Constance.
You were wonderful as kindergarteners, and you continue to be wonderful now!!!! Way to let your light shine!
Love,
Mrs. Lupone
Kudos to the fourth graders at Lyme School for surpassing their collection goals! Great article, Constance.
Keep up the excellent work you guys.
I am tremendously proud of all of you. I can’t wait to see what you do next!