How sweet it was

One of the things I love about Harry's school is that it is an International Baccalaureate School. It operates on a system of inquiry and the children study "planners" or topics for several weeks across all subjects. Their first planner this year was water. Harry learned everything you could imagine about water and he also learned that clean drinking water is scarce for many people around the world.

The second planner was about economics. The children learned about banking and interest and investing. They learned about business models and being entrepreneurial. Today, his class combined their knowledge of the two planners and held "disco desserts" to raise money to help build a well for a region without clean drinking water. Harry made the menus and was a waiter. Our family made truffles to contribute to the "restaurant" and they were a big hit! Some of the children prepared the desserts (we all sent some in), some were cashiers, others bussed tables or acted as host or hostess. The class raised $200 for The Water Project.

One of the hosts and Harry's friend

Two of Harry's buddies

The cashiers

Kate ate too much chocolate.

She had to run off some of the sugar on the playground.

Kate and I had so much fun at disco desserts. It was incredible to see the kids working together and the support of the community. Unfortunately, my stomach is still very queasy so I could not eat but Kate ate my share of desserts. It was so heart warming to see these young kids care about water for children in another country. I know that when I was in third grade, I did not have a global perspective. This afternoon made me very happy to be a part of such a wonderful school community.