First Morning Assembly a Success!

Jacqueline, Howard and I sang "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands..." on stage in front of all ~3,000 students and faculty for our first morning assembly. We figured it was a win-win situation... either we would be able to get all the students interested and involved, or we would crash and burn, and the English Department would not have us do another morning assembly. Well, we were an absolute success! I started with the first verse, and Jacqueline then took the second verse, "If you're happy and you know it, stomp your feet...", and Howard closed with "If you're happy and you know it, shout woo-hoo...". While one sang into the microphone, the other two performed the song and motions on the two corners of the stage. To our surprise, the students knew the song and joined in right away. We then had the students all stand up... and mind you, they are all sitting outside on the ground in the hot sun at 7:45 am about to spend all day in class, so we were unsure of how this song and dance would go. We tried to have all of my students - M1s and M4s clap their hands, and all of Jacqueline's students - M2s and M5s stomp their feet, and all of Howard's students - M3s and M6s shout woo-hoo... but that became a little confusing. So, I got back on the mic and did all 3 motions in one verse, and we closed our first, very successful morning assembly!!

Below: Photos of Morning Assembly

Students shading themselves from the harsh sun