Blades Elementary students sell rubber ducks, thank first responders

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Blades Elementary students sell rubber ducks, thank first responders

Earlier this month, the Blades Elementary School Student Council – composed of over 50 third, fourth and fifth graders – organized a rubber duck-selling campaign.  To optimize efficiency, students divided into two groups. The first group visited classrooms at the start of each day for a week with “duck gram” slips, while the second group organized the slips, bagged the ducks and delivered them to classrooms. Over the course of the school week, 5…