Etiquette Day

For Valentine's Day Lucie's school organized an etiquette day. The children paid $1 to wear dress up clothes (instead of uniform) and if $1000 was raised then an anonymous donor would donate another $1000!
Trent was co-chair of a school level fund-raising committee and helped plan this awesome day! They had this incredible lady who has dined with queens, kings, presidents, etc come and teach the children etiquette. She likes to teach hands on so we setup lunch for the 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. We set place settings for 230! We had 30 parent volunteers serve a three course meal to this group. She did an hour presentation to them while they practiced what she was teaching.
The 1st-5th grade came in 2 different groups and had dessert while she taught them about etiquette. She captivated the children's attention. All of the groups were so good, so polite and really enjoyed the lunch. It was a lot of fun to be a part of such an awesome event. Jack was able to sit by Lucie when her group came in and he did soooo good. He did not move from the table the whole presentation. When the 1st and 2nd graders came in the dessert was on the table. Not one of them touched their dessert for 15 minutes. They were amazing!
We were all chatty that night at our dinner talking about our day. Trent and I were both so excited that the whole event came off so fabulously (there was a lot of pre-event anticipation), Luc and Jack were both so excited with what they learned!
One thing that they were taught was to always eat/try 3 bites of the food that it is given to them. Bless her heart, this has been the best thing. Luc has come from school and said I didn't really care for the lunch today, but I tried 3 bites of it!

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This is Roseann and Joanne. They are 2 amazing ladies that run the front office at Luc's school. They helped coordinate the event and did so much work with making it all so spectacular.

6th-8th grade presentation

This was a write up that Trent and I did for the school parent newsletter -

The etiquette day held on Monday February 14^th was a huge success! We successfully raised $1067 dollars for the dress up day and will receive the $1000 match! During the lunch hour 230 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders were served a 3 course lunch while they received etiquette instruction from Candilyn Newell. After the older children, the 1^st and 2^nd graders and then the 3^rd-5^th grades came in for dessert and instruction.

A few of the things that Mrs. Newell taught the children were how to sit properly at the table, the five words that they should use everyday (thank you, please, your welcome, excuse me, and sorry), and kindness is the most important principal of etiquette to remember! Make sure to ask your children what they learned, and encourage them to use the etiquette they learned at home.

We want to thank all those that put in so much time planning this event and the many parent volunteers who came and served to make the event run so smoothly! We hope that this will become a tradition at Freedom Academy! It was definitely a great way to spend Valentine’s Day.