{"id":9470,"date":"2022-11-30T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=9470"},"modified":"2022-11-30T16:07:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T21:07:20","slug":"freedom-crossing-academy-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/creekline-st-johns\/freedom-crossing-academy-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Crossing Academy \u201cRocks!\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By Lauren O\u2019Shell<br>mail@floridanewsline.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace signs, flower power and \u201cgroovy\u201d inspiration filled the hallways at Freedom Crossing Academy on Oct. 21. Teachers, staff, students and parents collaborated together to celebrate \u201cRock Your School Day 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rock Your School Day is an international initiative that challenges schools around the world to create highly engaging lessons and outside-the-box learning experiences for students. Participating for the fifth year in a row, this year\u2019s theme was \u201cgroovy\u201d and fun \u201870s inspired d\u00e9cor made for a day of fun learning. More than 70 parent volunteers decorated classroom doors and hallways to add to the theme. Teachers and students wore tie-dye and \u201870s-inspired attire and accessories. The Freedom Crossing PTO purchased t-shirts for all staff members with the day\u2019s motto: \u201cPeace, Love, &amp; Curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the day, students were inspired by themed lessons, special performances, cooperative learning activities and the release of the school\u2019s theme song \u201cThat\u2019s the Way at FCA, I Like It.\u201d With the help of middle school theater teacher Lauren Hunsinger, science teacher Sarah Holman, and a handful of talented Falcons, this year\u2019s theme song came to life in the recording studio and filled the hallways of Freedom Crossing. The catchy song was a quick favorite by all K \u2013 8 students with lyrics like, \u201cWhen you get to school, at FCA, Greet me, it\u2019s all okay!&nbsp;Break a barrier!&nbsp;Take a stand! Take FLIGHT, the very best you can!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In classrooms, students created friendship bracelets with inspirational words to remind them they are loved. Students wrote about when they feel \u201cpeace, love and happiness\u201d and teachers incorporated science standards while tie dying t-shirts for students to wear. St. Johns County School Board member Beverly Slough attended Rock Your School Day events and visited and read to classrooms of students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice Principal Melissa Lime looks forward to this annual event each year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am so proud of our staff for creating one of the most memorable and magical learning experiences for our students,\u201d Lime said. \u201cMany students said it was one of the best days of their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second grade teacher Brooke Dougherty said, \u201cOur second-grade students had a groovy time dancing to \u201870s music, creating tie dye milk and coffee filters, and even made their own lava lamps!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freedom Crossing Academy, Florida\u2019s only Capturing Kids Hearts National Showcase Model School, uses opportunities like \u201cRock Your School Day\u201d to go the extra mile for its students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lauren O\u2019Shell is a fourth grade teacher at Freedom Crossing Academy.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Photo courtesy Lauren O\u2019Shell<br>A groovy group at Rock Your School Day<\/em>.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lauren O\u2019Shellmail@floridanewsline.com Peace signs, flower power and \u201cgroovy\u201d inspiration filled the hallways at Freedom Crossing Academy on Oct. 21. 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