Greek Festival

During their 6th grade year, the class studies ancient world history.  The Greeks and the Romans are a part of that study.  For fun, the teachers have a big Greek festival at the school.  Each child is required to either dress like a Greek god or goddess, and give a summary of who they are and some of their accomplishments, or make a diorama of a temple and present it to the class.  Then they have a big feast and eat all sorts of Greek food.  This year, Allie was very excited to participate.  As a result of reading all the Percy Jackson books, she is quite familiar with the Greek gods and goddesses.  She chose to be Athena.  So we made an Athena costume, and learned a lot about her as we wrote the essay.  I had to make baklava for the festival.  I certainly enjoyed eating it!  The festival was a great success and it was fun to see all the different kids dressed up!