Select Students from the 1st, 2nd and 5th grades perform for the MNPS Director of Schools, Adrienne Battle, March 30, 2023.

Script and Song Lyrics

Ms. Cambre, Ms. Dunn said we need to come here. She said you need our help.

Well did Ms. Dunn say what you were supposed to be helping me with?

She said WHATEVER YOU NEED us to do. 

And you got problems here! Like your boards are all dirty.

And stuff is stacked up everywhere, real junky!

Yeah, and your students don’t know what they’re doing.

I DON'T know what I’m doing!

I know, right? Who can understand this mess?

Yo that’s real, man, this is crazy hard! It’s making me sad!

It’s making me mad!

It’s making me CRAZY! 

Let’s see what you got here, son.

Son? boy, you better go someplace and color.

For real though. We can help you. We're the most brilliantest in the whole 1st grade.

Is that right?... OK, come look at this and tell me what to do. Cause I’m ready to GIVE UP on this!

Hmmm.

Hmmm.

OK. OK. Let me conflagrate with my coworkers real quick.

We don’t exactly know what you should do.

But we know EXACTLY what you SHOULD NOT DO!

Don’t Quit!

(All the first graders leave except the actors.)

You guys ARE the most brilliantest. This school is not so bad if it’s creating little geniuses like you. Bye guys!

(Those students leave the stage)

I remember when that was YOU, wide eyed and full of wonder.

Man, they’re just getting started. We’re about to be done with this bird house.

Owl number twelve hundred something is about to fly the coop!

A coop would be for chickens.

Oh, my bad. I’m about to fly with some chickens!

Uh, … there was too much wrong with that to fix.

We’re going to be just like those kids next year.

Yeah, we’re starting all over. Heading off into life wide eyed and … what’d you say?

Full of wonder. It’s the most important thing we can give you here at Cane Ridge Elementary. As long as you always want to know about new things - you’ll keep learning.

Hello, I have a parent on the line - a Mr. Darrett. Can you take the call?

Oh, hey Mr. Darrett. 

Hey, I was just checking to see if my kid is completely prepared for graduation.

We were just talking about that. I told all the students that the most important thing to leave here with is the desire to keep learning.

I truly believe that. As a matter of fact, kids, let’s don’t just talk about it. Let’s sing about it. Y’all ready to make a statement before you take off into the sunrise?

Yeah, let’s do it!

5th graders sing Like A Bird with Montrel on screen singing his part

Teacher:

• Cane Ridge is diverse.

• We teach students to respect other cultures.

• Our second grade students are going to give us a MATH lesson that we adults need as much as the kids.  

• This song is entitled, "Almost 1".