On May 2nd, Deborah and Jake’s 4th grade class went to a naturalization ceremony. They took the six train to get there and thought it had a cool green circle. The 4th graders met a guy named Jimmy. Jimmy works for security at the courthouse. He was joking and said, “The judge gives fifty dollars to people when they shake her hand.” DJ4 went into a big room and that was the room where they did the ceremony. It took a lot of time before it started. They had to say the Pledge of Allegiance. Then they said, “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The parents who went on the trip said, the boys liked the trip better than the girls.

The kids on the trip were really good at sitting still and being respectful to the Judge and the people helping her. The kids got booklets in their seats and they read part of them. Also there was an immigrant there who had a tie with the American flag on it. After that the 4th graders went to a park across the street to have lunch and play a little bit. There they saw the 10th graders who went to their school. After a little while they went back to school. Gus Dotson said, “I think both were equally fun.” Jack L.Y. said, “The trip was really interesting, I liked it better than the park.” When they got back to their school they were very tired because they had been walking all day.

BY JOHN GRIFFIN COOK, ELI FREDRICK HARRIS, AND JACK ELLIOT LILLE YERINGTON!!!!!