TRAVERSE CITY - Northern Michigan students went out into the community to give back in honor of Martin Luther King Junior day. The pathfinder school in traverse city taught each of their students a lesson about doctor king’s life and what he did for the civil rights movement.
“Martin Luther King Jr. talks about how he thinks that, people should be treated the same way no matter what... color your skin is,” shares Brielle Warren, Student.
Students and staff at pathfinder school took time to remember and honor Martin Luther King Junior’s legacy by going out into the community. Some of them headed to project feed the kids to pack lunches, while others went to a food drive at Oleson’s, the Cherryland Humane Society and more.
“We make a conscious effort to be in school on that day. A lot of area schools take that day off and businesses take that day off. But we’ve made a conscious effort to make that a day of service for our students, and it’s a culminating event of months and months of learning about the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King Jr. and what he believed,” shares Taryn Carew, Pathfinder School.
One of the classes practiced their own ‘I Had A Dream Speech’ where they were asked what they wanted to change in the world, student Emma had her own dream.
“One day for all the homeless people to have homes,” explains Emma Rose.
Students who packed lunches were able to learn that not every kid has a meal and that it’s important to help those in need.
It’s really fun to be out and helping kids that are in need for lunches and all kinds of other stuff,” says Lily Allen, student.
Pathfinder school is hoping the students take these skills and thinking into their adult life.
“We believe that all of our students are global citizens of the world, and they have to learn and really care about the world around them. And so, the only way they can do that is by getting out and seeing that they are one piece of this great, big, beautiful world, and then they have the ability to make change or change how they see if they don’t like something, they can advocate and change for it. So, they’ve all been learning about a certain part of the civil rights movement. And then this is their culminating, like, let’s get out in the community and make some kind of difference,” says Carew.
“Helping other kids is really fun,” shares Brielle Warren.