By Florida Catholic staff - Florida Catholic
Nativity School eighth-graders guide their floats down the "parade" route while narrating their chosen saint's life to the younger students.
Nativity School eighth-graders guide their floats down the "parade" route while narrating their chosen saint's life to the younger students.
Nativity School eighth graders who won first place for Best Coded float pose with their creation, which focused on Mary, the Blessed Mother.
Nativity School eighth graders who won second place for the Best Coded float pose with their creation, which focused on St. Therese of Lisieux, the Little Flower.
Nativity School eighth graders who won third place for the Best Coded float pose with their creation, which focused on St. Padre Pio.
Photography: COURTESY
HOLLYWOOD | In keeping with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade theme, Nativity School’s eighth graders worked on a cross-curricular STREAM project this month: a Parade of Saints.
The students created an electronic parade "float" focused on the saints. They built and coded the cars, decorated the floats, and pictured a balloon saint on each float. They then researched their saint and narrated the saint's life and works as the float moved on the runway. The younger students lined the parade route and cheered them on.
Prizes were given for first, second, and third places and for the two top Best Coded floats. Teachers Tara Riahifar in eighth grade, Annette Sanchez, religion, and Heidi Suero, STREAM/Curriculum coordinator supervised this creative and innovative project.
Photographer: COURTESY
Nativity School eighth-graders guide their floats down the "parade" route while narrating their chosen saint's life to the younger students.
