Mrs. Vail's Class
Northport Elementary School

This student decided to show Nobody compassion and caring when he began to help orphans in Mexico. He bagged up some of his clothes and toys and is sending them to an orphanage. He placed a Mexican flag on Nobody as an attachment.

For Nobody's second last teaching, this student (on the left) decided that he wanted to show Nobody how to help the environment. He said that he showed Nobody how to be responsible by picking up garbage in an area of town that was messy. He put an energy efficient light bulb around his neck to symbolize his initiatives.

The student on the left showed caring and responsibility when she helped out the DL class at our school. She helped to wash Breakfast Club dishes, fill the water cooler and she helped the music teacher with a music class. She placed a plastic pop bottle and a bubble wand (used in music class) on Nobody as an attachment to remind it how it can care for others too.

As part of this child's Nobody presentation, she brought in a letter from the mayor of Saugeen Shores that thanked her and her family for helping to Pitch-In and clean-up the environment. She was among many people in the area who went to different areas in Port Elgin, cleaning up garbage to keep our environment clean. As an attachment, she added a clean, yellow plastic garbage bag that was given to the helpers to be used that day. Well done!

This student did a fantastic job of showing Nobody how to respect and care for the environemnt. He also showed the class how to be responsible for the litter that we may not think twice about when it blows away or is dropped outside. He did this by planning and taking the whole class to the local grocery store to help clean up the parking lot area. If you haven't seen our pictures yet, look them up under the photos section.

An orange tennis ball was added to Nobody this week to stand for the caring and compassion that it was taught. The tennis ball symbolizes a Sports and Media Swap that one student and his family had to raise money for Haiti Relief. He was so proud when he announced that he raised $100.38! Well done!

This very proud student taught Nobody how to care for the environment. He and his family spent time on the Saugeen Rail Trail picking up and sorting garbage that people had thrown on the trail. He said that the majority of the garbage was Tim's Horton's cups so he placed a cup on Nobody as an attachment.

This week Nobody learned how to care for people and animals by educating us about fire safety. After visiting a fire station with this student, they presented some fire safety tips that they learned. One of the tips was making sure that you have a planned fire escape route. Many students put up their hands when we asked who had one. Others were still unsure. It would be a great time to sit down with your family and go over what to do in the case of a fire in your house. A fire hat was placed on Nobody as an attachment.

This student taught Nobody how to respect and care for the environment. She did this by helping her father recycle vehicles at his wrecking yard. She told us how they emptied out the oil and gas from each vehicle so that the soil would not become contaminated and talked all about how the different car parts are reused or recycled ... even the tires. She talked about how even the rubber that we walked on with our skates this winter at the Plex was made of recycled tires.

Thanks to everyone who has helped to attach and reattach Nobody's objects along our trek through the class!

This caring student did a fantastic job of showing Nobody not only how to care, but also how to be a hard worker! After making up little pamphlets to distribute about his project, he and his dad headed door to door around their neighbourhood, collecting non-perishable food for the food bank. "It made me feel happy to do this," he said during his presentation. He added a can of beans around Nobody's neck as a reminder of the character attributes that he showed Nobody.

The student on the left decided to help the environment because she "wants the earth to be healthy." She told us, "To help the earth we need to conserve energy so for Earth Hour we turned off the lights." She gave us some examples of how we can all help keep the earth healthy. She has also planted a White Spruce tree and added a shovel to Nobody to symbolize planting trees to help the environment.

This young lady watered friend's flowers while they were away on vacation. "I taught Nobody that it's important to help other people out. By showing it that I followed through with what I said I'd do, is teaching it responsibility."

This student chose to pick the character attribute of caring to teach Nobody. Her cousin is in Afghanistan with the Canadian Troops, so she wrote a letter to him and created awareness by giving us all yellow ribbons to wear. Nobody also was given a yellow ribbon for an attachement.

The student in black chose to show Nobody how to care for animals. He visited both animal shelters in Owen Sound and helped by feeding, walking and showing love to the animals there. What an incredible way to show Nobody the act of giving time to love and care for others who don't have a home.

As the student on the left had Nobody over Valentine's Day, he decided to use this to his advantage. After asking the class for help to make 90 valentine's for the residents of Elgin Lodge, the class had a short trip to the lodge to hand deliver them. The last line of this prestentation sums up what this Nobody Project is supposed to be about ... "I learned that it makes me feel good to show love and caring to others."

The day of delievery - armed with his valentine's for the residents.

Nobody was shown more character traits this past week as he was taught all about endangered animals. This student centred his research on the Black Rat Snake. He gave his own presentation today and has chosen to create awareness, so he has invited a speaker who came to speak to us on the Red Fox and safety around wild animals.