Submitted by Tracy King, Farmington, Missouri
Idea posted November 26, 2001
My principal came to me at 9:40 a.m. (9/14/01) and asked if I could "put something together." Well, I worked my butt off and the school social worker helped me lots. We had K-8 sing "You're A Grand Old Flag" and "America The Beautiful," and then I sang "We Might Heal" (Music K-8, Vol. 10, No. 4) as a solo. After that song, many kids were crying and we had a moment of silence. We finished with "The Star-Spangled Banner." During "We Might Heal" we flashed pictures from this week and the last one was a picture of a flag, the White House, and the exploding buildings all edited together. The caption read:
"Justice will come... today our task is to mourn. And in that shared mourning we prepare to heal... and to prevail."
For the lack of prep time it went well. Somehow my secretary got three veterans to come up and present the flags at the beginning of the assembly. God blessed the efforts of those involved, and lives were touched.