MLC students share Thanksgiving meal as pilgrims, Native Americans
“I think Thanksgiving means sharing and caring for other people, even for people who don’t have food or they’re homeless. I really care about a lot of people.”
“It’s about thanks, to thank people for giving you stuff that you like and for giving stuff that people need.”
“It’s about giving and being thankful.”
“We celebrate things that we have and are thankful for.”
A few thoughts about the meaning of Thanksgiving from some of the kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students at Mountain Lake Christian (MLC) as they gathered together today (Monday, November 23) around the table to celebrate the holiday.
The children came together to give thanks as students – and as pilgrims and Native Americans, representatives of the first Thanksgiving.
Following is a photo gallery of the gathering and the Thanksgiving feast:
THE TRADITION CONTINUES. MLC kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students celebrating Thanksgiving as pilgrims and Native Americans with a special meal and gathering. The meal featured, or course, turkey, mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, peaches, brownie and milk.
PILGRIM CRISTY RENTERIA, left, waits patiently for her turkey dinner to be dished up, prepared and served by MLC Head Cook Nancy Quiring, right.
ONE OF THE Native Americans at the Thanksgiving dinner table, Levi Onken, is set to take a big forkful of turkey as his other Native American and pilgrim friends get settled in.
PILGROM DAVID MOLLER, right, is extremely interested in what his Native American friend, Shelby Penner, left, is doing with her mashed potatoes. At far left is Pilgrim Audrey Dick.
PILGRIM FAIRLANE PENNER, right, savors the turkey. At back left is Levi Onken.
GIVING THANKS TOGETHER. At left is Lola Berg and at right, Caleb Klassen.
MLC STUDENTS IN grades kindergarten-through two and their teachers gather around their Thanksgiving table as pilgrims and Native Americans – as friends. Teachers include Sheryl Fast, Brenda Adrian and Rachel Knutson, along with paraprofessional, Leechelle Quiring.
