Hi my name is Ty, I am six years old. I am in Ms. Monsignor’s class in Grade 1 at Silver Creek.
I am writing this letter to ask you to not close my school down. I like to play with my friends. I used to go to a bigger school and I don’t ever want to go back. I used to cry every morning when my parents tried to take me to school. I really like my new school. I don’t want you to close this one down and make me go back to a bigger school.
I didn’t like the way the teacher taught me. I hated that there were so many kids and adults. I felt very lost. Nobody knew who I was. The older kids used to pick on me on the playground.
I like Silver Creek because I am comforted when I am having troubles. I have a very nice teacher who looks out for me. Our teachers are teaching us about restitution. There are hardly no fights at Silver Creek. The big kids and the little kids all get along. We are allowed to do things at Silver Creek that we would never be allowed to do at other schools. Throw snowballs, play with sticks. Build forts. Cut with knives and cook soup for the whole school.
Every Friday, we have soup Fridays and it’s really fun. We get to eat soup and cook it. Every time we take turns to make the soup.
I like that my teacher helps me to learn my math. We also get to sing songs and learn how to play musical instruments.
We also have little moods, like green zone, yellow zone, red zone and blue zones. Those are your emotions. We are taught to recognize our emotions, to learn when we need to be in the green zone. If we are not, then we can eat something to help our tummies, we can go for a walk or sit in the quiet zone.
Please consider how much I like my school before you close it down. I don’t want to ride the bus for long hours every day. It’s very, very hard getting up early to be at school on time. I don’t want to wake up before the sun comes up and I don’t want to stand on the side of the road in the dark. Are there potties in the long buses?
Please keep my school open.
Ty Black
