North Bellmore School District

What does it mean to be a visionary? That was the question posed to students by Martin Avenue Elementary School Principal Dr. Michael Yannucci to teach children about renowned Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 

In the week leading up to the three-day weekend, Dr. Yannucci visited each class for a read aloud. He read, “Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.,” written by Beth Kaiser and illustrated by Stanley Chow, then engaged students in conversations about Dr. King’s dreams for equality and justice. Children learned how they could live that dream by showing kindness and love to others. 

Students from Antonietta Fischetti’s second grade class were helped by their buddies from Rachel Graber’s sixth grader class for an “I Have a Dream” writing project. The older students helped their younger friends think of a dream they have for the world, write it in on a paper cloud, and then cut it out and glue to a piece of construction paper.