Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from 4C

Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day and all around the world people dressed up in green and celebrated this now international holiday. Over the past week I had the pleasure to talk about the origins of why people celebrate and who really was St. Patrick?

Legend has it that Patrick was a priest who drove out all of the snakes in Ireland and thus today you can't find any on the "Emerald Isle." Originating from the capital of Dublin, and originally a religious holiday, today the town square has a big parade with different floats, marching bands, music, dancing and beer of course.

Some important symbols include the shamrock, considered to be lucky, and leprechauns. With 4C, 6A and 4B we learned how to draw one and write different things we were lucky for.

If you would like to use the presentation I showed the class here is the link:

St. Patrick's Day Powerpoint

We also saw this video which showed us world monuments lit up in green in celebration of the day such as the Great Wall of China, the pyramids in Egypt and the Chicago River which is dyed green every year.

St. Patrick's Day in Dublin and Around the World

Happy St. Patrick's Day from 4B