DAY OF THE NOTABLES

Washington School in Medford has an annual event for 6^th graders called “Day of the Notables”.  Each student picks a historical figure, creates a display board, answers questions from visitors, and concludes the event with an oral presentation. 

The oral presentation takes the form of a riddle, written by the student, and ending with the question, “Who am I?” Audience members are then called upon by the student to guess the name of the notable person they have chosen.

My young friend chose Robin Williams.  According to a source within the family, he spent the last couple of weeks preparing by watching a bunch of old “Mork and Mindy” episodes, what some might call doing his homework.

Sporting a set of Mork-like suspenders and sitting beside his Robin Williams display.

Before the selfie.

After the selfie.

I attended as a visitor.

The display board.

Teaching others about Robin Williams.

Waiting for the oral presentation along with Orville Wright, Henry Ford, Mr. Hurley the teacher, and a couple of others.

Another selfie while waiting to speak.

The students wait for their turn at the microphone.

The notables included such figures as:

Genghis Khan

Marian Anderson

Joan of Arc

Sacagawea

Paul Revere

Anne Frank

Julia Child

Malcolm X

Pocahontas

Henry Ford

Leonardo da Vinci

Abraham Lincoln

Isaac Newton

Orville Wright

And a video presentation of Robin Williams (click play tab below).

When the event ended, the visitors went home and the students posed for a group photo then returned to class.