May 24 NYC, Ellis Island, Statue of Liberty

Our own Lady Liberty

Talon, Cody & Jordyn on the Ferry ride.

A time to chat.

Mom & Eli

Looking up!

Looking out.

The Many faces of American Immigration.

A United State from the other perspective.

Raines looking toward The Statue of Liberty

Who is behind the mask?

Looking toward Ellis Island

The group in front of the Statue of Liberty.

Ellis Island from the Ferry

12:30pm Welcome Heath school! Had great timing to meet Heath & Mrs. Mislak. Off to Ellis Island & the Statue of Liberty. Did you know that a child's head can fit into the nostril of Lady Liberty's nose. Kids looked for answers to the scavenger hunt, researched ancestors, observed the living conditions of immigrants while detained and more.

The New Colossus
(Emma Lazarus’ Famous Poem from a tablet within the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty)
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
"Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

As we reunited at the base of the Statue of Liberty, the "artist" who inspired the statue filled us in on the artist's point of view and where in DC and Boston to find more of his work.

After a boisterous count off we were back on the ferry @ 3:30pm to head back to the bus.