A few months back Abbie was given the assignment to write a letter to someone she admires. After much thought she chose the Henderson Police Department. Her letter was really appreciative of all that they do for our city and asked quite a few questions about being a police officer. We sent the letter on it's way not really expecting to hear anything more about it, but I was wrong. Abbie's teacher e-mailed me this morning letting me know that two Henderson policemen were headed over after lunch to answer her questions and give her a surprise. Of course I dropped everything and went to the school to capture a few pictures.
She was so surprised to see me and her sisters walking in with the police and kept looking at me as if to say "what is going on." The policemen were so cute with her. They read her letter to the whole class and presented her with a letter from the Chief of Police in Henderson. He spent a lot of time answering all her questions in her letter which mostly had to do with police dogs and what education they needed to be on the police force. Then he answered a lot of questions from everyone in the class. Some of my favorite question were "what do you feed the prisoners" and "what weapons do you have?" He then went through everything he had on him from pepper spray to the different sizes of handcuffs and guns.
He then presented her with two books. One was an encyclopedia of animals and the other is a book full of puzzles. I think her teacher Mr. Giacomino was really excited to have them visiting (that's what the front office staff told me anyway.) It's not very often that you get a response from a simple letter written from a fourth grader.
She also tried out for an acting part in her school's choir performance coming up in April and got the part. It's been a great week for our Abbie! Way to go Abbie!
She was so surprised to see me and her sisters walking in with the police and kept looking at me as if to say "what is going on." The policemen were so cute with her. They read her letter to the whole class and presented her with a letter from the Chief of Police in Henderson. He spent a lot of time answering all her questions in her letter which mostly had to do with police dogs and what education they needed to be on the police force. Then he answered a lot of questions from everyone in the class. Some of my favorite question were "what do you feed the prisoners" and "what weapons do you have?" He then went through everything he had on him from pepper spray to the different sizes of handcuffs and guns.
He then presented her with two books. One was an encyclopedia of animals and the other is a book full of puzzles. I think her teacher Mr. Giacomino was really excited to have them visiting (that's what the front office staff told me anyway.) It's not very often that you get a response from a simple letter written from a fourth grader.
She also tried out for an acting part in her school's choir performance coming up in April and got the part. It's been a great week for our Abbie! Way to go Abbie!
8 comments:
Congrats Abbie!! That is so cool that she got such an awesome response. What a good police dept you all have. Also congrats on her part in the play. Sounds like she is doing awesome!!
That's AMAZING ABBIE.....way to go...
That is so cool. I am impressed that she would pick the police. They work so hard and they don't get recognized as much as they should.
How fun that they came to her class! Sounds like she is doing some amazing things!
So cute, Abbie is so smart and inquisitive, she can accomplish anything she wants! Good luck with the play!
That is really awesome! How cute.
Wow! How impressive of the policeman to come and actually answer her questions - that is so great they let you come and document it! I doubt she (or anyone else in that class) will forget about that any time soon.
Lucky girl and lucky class! :)
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