During Open House on August 21st, children and parents were informed that we were going to exchange ideas and artwork with second graders in Germany this year. Everyone was excited! They were even more excited to learn that on the first day of school after attendance and lunch counts were taken, parents and grandparents were invited to the school cafetria for a German celebration traditionally reserved for first graders. But since this was an introduction to a culture that they would be studying all year long, Mrs. Dengel made each of them a mini-schultute that contained school supplies, a rubber bracelet with the colors of the German flag (provided by the Goethe Institut in Washington D.C.), and an assortment of candies to sweeten their first day of second grade. A schultute is a decorated cone with a netting or tissue paper top that can be secured with a ribbon. The contents vary according to each family, but sweets are always included. The schultute cones that Mrs. Dengel made for her second graders featured Disney's Little Mermaid (for the girls) and Disney's Cars (for the boys). The anticipation and excitement that filled the cafeteria as each schultute was opened, made it an incredible first day of school in second grade!
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