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ond grade about the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses.
On March 5-6 the students in prekindergarten through eighth grades at Wakefield CDS participated in the National Mythology Exam, which is sponsored by the American Classical League. Wakefield Country Day School’s participation was encouraged by the school’s chapter of the National Junior Classical League.
The seniors, all girls, had spent time talking to the teachers and observing the students, as research for their presentations. They made special note of the attention span and teaching methods of the teachers whom they observed. The girls all agreed that this groundwork helped them a great deal in preparing their shows.
For weeks before, the elementary teachers in all the grades had worked with their individual classes, learning about the myths. Each teacher had a syllabus provided by the National JCL, which gave the basic material that would appear on the exam. After the seniors had finished their presentations, Mrs. (Patty) Shaw, the first-grade teacher, commented that the seniors “sparked the children’s enthusiasm in acting out stories, while making the Greek myths come alive.” , . , In the morping, the seniors •worked with the pre-k, kindergarten, and first graders, who range in the age from three to seven. In the afternoon, the seniors ventured into the classrooms of the secondand third-graders. Each day, the seniors focused on four gods, impersonating each deity in a little skit or questioning session. Using common symbols of the deities, the seniors involved the children by allowing the children to hold the articles and by asking the younger children with whom the symbols were associated. On the day before the children took the test, the seniors, in “divine” garb, gave their costumed students a banquet dinner of cheese, fruit, apple juice, and cookies.
As a result of this experience, the seniors have discovered the difficulties and rewards of teaching, and their young students have learned about mythology while discovering new friends in their senior “teachers.”
(Detra Funk is a Wakefield Country Day School senior.—Ed.)
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