Whatcom class gets 'once-in-a-lifetime opportunity' to send holiday cheer to White House
Dec. 5—If you've ever asked a 10- or 11-year-old to keep a secret about something exciting, imagine trying to keep a classroom full of 22 fifth graders from "spilling the beans."
Somehow, Harmony Elementary teacher Michelle Hubbert accomplished that feat for the past two months.
"I tried to get them to focus on keeping a good secret, like about a birthday present," Hubbert told The Bellingham Herald. "But it was not easy. They were so excited."
And with a news release from the Mount Baker School District and the National Park Service Tuesday, Nov. 30, Hubbert and her fifth-grade students were finally allowed to tell parents and the rest of Whatcom County their secret.
And it's a good one — the students recently used their artistic abilities and research of cultural diversity around the state to create ornaments for the 2021 National Christmas Tree display in President's Park outside the White House in Washington D.C.
The Harmony fifth graders are the only classroom from Washington state to get the opportunity this year and are one of 58 schools across the nation and around the word to design ornaments to be displayed on the Ellipse in President's Park, according to the release.
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