The Dream Flag Project

Look Who's Dreaming . . .
2006 Dream Flag Participant Group Descriptions

	The Academy of the Sacred Heart --  Grand Coteau, Louisiana
	Map It! 2007 Grades Participating: 9th Number of Participants: 27 Contact This School: 1821 Academy Road Grand Coteau, La 70541 (337) 662-5275 Email Links: School Web Page Dream Flag History: New in 2006!
	Description From the School: The Academy of the Sacred Heart is a Pre-K to 12th grade all-girl school and a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. The Academy was first established in 1821 and is registered on the National Register of Historic Places. It is the oldest continuously operating Sacred Heart school in the world.   Other Information About the School: The Academy of the Sacred Heart has opened its doors to many of the students who were evacuated from The Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In February, the school will host 11th grade students from Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, Pennsylvania.  The Agnes Irwin students will be traveling to Grand Coteau where they will be able to share their own Dream Flags with 11th graders at The Academy of the Sacred Heart. They also hope to help children in a local homeless shelter to make Dream Flags as a part of the 2006 project.

 

	Loomis Elementary School -- Broomall, Pennsylvania
	Map It! Grades Participating: 1-5 (entire school) Number of Participants: 300 students 25 teachers Contact This School: 369 North Central Blvd. Broomall, PA 19008 610-359-4350 Email Links: >School Web Page >Video of Some Loomis Students Reading at 2005 Dream Flag Celebration Dream Flag History: 2005: Grades 1-5; 300 participants	"Students proudly display the quilts they made during Caring and Sharing Week!" --from Loomis Elementary School Homepage 2/5/06
	Description From the School: Loomis is my school and I'm proud of it! Wouldn't you be proud of a school that everyone is equal and fair to each other? --Louie C. Loomis is a wonderful learning experience. The kind teachers use humor to promote the information. Knowing much about the learning subject, our teachers will not always ask you to break out the books. They will do other things like using plays, brainstorming and even pictures and stories to secretly enforce learning. --Dianna D. My school Loomis is a great place to learn. If there is a problem our principal will take care of it. There are lots of rules to keep everybody safe. This is why Loomis is a great place to learn. --Angelina D. Our school Loomis is a great school. The teachers are great too! We go on field trips to cool places. We learn a lot of stuff here at Loomis. --Matt W.   Other Information About the School: In fall of 2005, they were successful in getting a Rotary Club grant to fund The Dream Flag Project in their school.

	Lovett School -- Atlanta, Georgia
	Map It! Grades Participating: 2nd & 5th Number of Participants: 40 students 3 teachers Contact This School: 4075 Paces Ferry Rd., NW Atlanta, GA 30327 404-262-3032 Email Links: >'05 Lovett Web Article >'05 Video of Lovett Poems at Dream Flag Celebration >'05 5th Grade Poems >School Web Site Dream Flag History: 2005: Grade 5; 20 participants	--from Lovett School Web Site: Character Education Page.
	Description From the School: The Lovett School is an independent, college preparatory day school serving grades K-12. We began participation in the Dream Flags Project in 2005, inspired by the Tibetan Prayer flags we saw in photographer Anne Keiser's presentation on Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa people of the Himalayas. In 2005, Andrea Morgan's 5th grade class jumped in to the new project with amazing results -- the children's poems were deep, incisive and hopeful, and adorned our hallways for several weeks. This year, 2nd grade teacher Brooke Hight is joining the project with Andrea, and the classes will work together. We look forward to another set of beautiful, inspiring flags!

 

	The Agnes Irwin School -- Rosemont, Pennsylvania 2006 Picture Gallery
	Map It! 2007 Grades Participating: 6th Number of Participants: 54students 3 teachers Contact This School: Ithan Ave. and Conestoga Rd. Rosemont, PA 19010 610-525-8400 Email Links: >'06 Picture Gallery >'06 Hughes Birthday Video >'05 Poems >'05 Video >'05 Agnes Irwin Web Article >'04 Flags >School Web Site Dream Flag History: 2003: Grade 6; 53 participants 2004: Grades 1, 4, 6, 10; 203 participants 2005: Grades 1, 6; 71 participants 2006: Grades 1, 6: 99 participants	Agnes Irwin students at Dream Flag Celebration.

 

	Hockaday School -- Dallas, Texas
	Map It! Grades Participating: 6, 7 Number of Participants: students teachers Contact This School: 11600 Welch Road Dallas, TX 75229 214-363-6311 Email Links: >School Web Site Dream Flag History: New in 2006! Notes From the School: from section 7H: Hey friends,             We are writing this letter from Dallas, Texas. Our names are Alex, Annie, and Lizzy. We are in the seventh grade at The Hockaday School, in Dallas, Texas. So far in English class we have read the novel Shane by Jack Schaefer, and our currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. In the seventh grade we take English, math, history, science, and foreign language.  We enjoy listening to music and hanging out with our friends. Even though our school is an all girls’ school, we have many guy friends at our brother school, St. Marks School of Texas. We also like going to the movies and have recently seen Tristan and Isolde with James Franco. Another movie that we saw recently was Glory Road. Hockaday is very big on academics, and we always have a lot of homework. We hope that you had a great Chinese New Year and hope to hear from you soon! Sincerely, Alex, Annie, and Lizzy	Students in 7H Students in 6C Students in 6C
	From the 6C Class: Dear Schools,             Hello, we are in the sixth grade and go to The Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas. It is an all girls’ school founded in the year 1913. Our English class is called the 6-C class because here at Hockaday, we have a schedule where our class periods are labeled using letter like A, B, C etc. We are sixth grade, C period. In our English class we have recently finished the novel Johnny Tremain. It is the story of a boy growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, during the start of the American Revolution, which relates to our history class because we were studying the Revolution. We will begin reading Tom Sawyer  very soon. The first book that we read in English was The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Personally, I liked The Witch of Blackbird Pond a bit better, but Johnny Tremain was great. However, most of our grade likes one or the other.             We are currently working on a family stories project where we write six different essays about our family history under one main topic or theme. We are also working on poetry. We have written many poems and will be submitting them to the Poetry Society of Texas, a poetry competition in Texas, when we finish. In the Middle School part of are school (It goes from pre-kindergarten to twelfth grade) there is a book published each year called Banner. We can submit short stories, poetry etc. to it. We work on things to submit to Banner sometimes in English class. If you win Banner, you can get prizes and other things. We love English class!  Sincerely, The 6-C class   Other Information About the School: text

	John Wister Elementary School -- Philadelphia, PA Wister Picture Gallery
	Map It! 2006 Grades Participating: K-6 Number of Participants: 480 students Contact This School: 67 E. Bringhurst St. Philadelphia, PA 19144 215-951-4003 Email Links: >'06 Wister Video NEW (Quicktime): Part 1; Introduction; Fatima B. (5); Courtney S. (5) Part2; Evan N. (5); Keith R. (5); Tashawnna W. (4) Part3; Tonae H. (4); Tahir A. (4); Vantelle E. (2) Part4; Dawud I. (3); Sadiyah C. (3); Jafar A. (3) Part5; Tierra W. (6); Danielle H. (5); Najee G. (6) Part 6; Kimberleigh R. (3); Jessica D. (5); Ashlynn W. (6) >'06 Poet Picture Gallery >'06 Poems Text >'06 Flag Gallery >Video of Poets at '05 Dream Flag Celebration >School Web Site Dream Flag History: 2004: Grades 3-6; 240 participants 2005: Grades K-6; 500 participants	Some 2006 Dream Flag Poets Students from Wister at '04 Dream Flag Celebration
	Other Information About the School: After participating in the 2004 Dream Flag Project, the Wister school alligned Dream Flag Activities with state standards and was successful in getting grant funding to put Langston Hughes materials in every classroom in the school. This effort was instigated by the school's principal, Donna Smith. The following year, 2005, all students in the school participated in The Dream Flag Project. In 2006, the school has plans to create a quilt from the 2005 flags.

 

	Haverford School -- Haverford, PA
	Map It! 2006 Grades Participating: 1 Number of Participants: 56 students Contact This School: 450 Lancaster Ave. Haverford, PA 19041 Email Links: >School Web Page Dream Flag History: 2004: Grade 6; 72 participants	Students pictured on Haverford Lower School web page.
	Notes From the School: Haverford School is an all-boys, Junior Kindergarten through twelfth grade school located in Haverford, Pennsylvania.  There are 960 boys currently enrolled in the school and 57 in the first grade who will be taking part in the Dream Flags project.  The first graders have been reading and writing poetry throughout the year and are excited about their participation in this project!