St. Patty's Day at school

Happy St. Patty's Day all! This morning for St. Patty's day I gotn up earlier than usual and woke my kids up. One of my kids are in 1st grade and the other in 2nd. I got them dressed and ready and they wanted to go all out for St. Patty's Day. So we got them in the green shirt and I found some left over Halloween make-up and hairspray and colored my kids hair green and drew clovers on my daughters face. It was sooo cute and they were so excited to go to school and celebrate St. Patty's Day in style.You know the pricipal came in and told my son to go wash his hair out. My daughter came home and said that she was told that it was not allowed. That is crazy I think- when I was in achool it was soooo much fun to dress for the holidays and spirit week was always a blast as well. It really bugged me that my son had to wash his hair out and everything.

 

It's part of the county-wide dress code...been there for at least 10 years.

 

Agree, it is part of the dress code. Tshirts are fine, but I think you took it a bit overboard. I understand you are having fun, but keep in mind that teachers really don't appreciate tons of distractions. Kids get out of control and it ends up being discipline issues. If there wasn't a party in the classroom, I wouldn't have made a big deal out of it.

 

That bugs me too CheerBear, but the dress code is a necessary evil. Kudos to you for being a creative mom and getting into the holidays with your kids. Sorry it didn't work out.

 

Does this mean that Dick Head day is out?


Now what will I do with my Nixon Mask!

 

I got a feeling Hugh. They take away all the fun, don't they?

 

I understand the dress code and the whole distractions- however it bugs me that the principal MADE him wash it out in the school bathroom. No note when he got home about the hair being " overboard " no call to say " Hey I am going to wash his hair" and furthermore it was embarassing to the child who has to be called out from class for showing a little spirit. As far as the dress code, showing your tummy, daisy duke shorts, see through shirts I completely agree with that as being inappropriate but C'mon, an 8 year old showing some appreciation for St. Patricks Day.

 

You would be amazed at the difference it can make in a classroom when one child is looking very, very different. Whether it is an 8 year-old with green hair or a twelve-year-old with a mohawk, or any age with any hairstyle/clothing style/shoe style/etc. that is "out there" from the norm. One small distraction can create an uproar where everyone is very busy staring at the child who is different as opposed to listening to the teacher.

If this had been middle school, it's a strong possibility that your son would have been in ISS the remainder of the day.

What would you have rather the principal done? (I'm not asking this in an aggressive manner, just a curious one...don't want this thread to look like the Logan's one! LOL) If you had been called to take him home and wash it, provided you were able to leave work to do so, he would have missed a lot more class time.

 

We did the naughty leprachaun. He came and turned out toilet water green and turned out milk green...also left DS a pair of st. patty's day socks and couple different little knick knacks from target $ spot.
DS is almost 5 and was so excited.
K

 

That's a cool idea cmdknw06, you couldn't post that before St Patty's Day? :lol:

 

stick the dress code for one day !!~!! come on!!

If you ask me it's because St Pat's is an Irish Catholic Holiday originally. And in this protestant area - it doesn't fly too well. Lately though, it has taken on the "anyone Irish can have fun with it" attitude and I think that is great.
Heck anyone who wants to wear green can these days. I get a kick out of it.

All you need is one huge stick in the mud like that uptight, over bearing principal and that is that. I hate principals. Heck I have celled them a few things over the years. Trust me WEst is having a "thank gooodness Kiddo is gonna graduate and take her beotchy mother and be gone" party.

 

I think we should stick the dress code period. I should be the one to tell my children what they can pierce and dye, not the school. And I don't have a problem with a few extra ear piercings or pink hair. There are plenty of weirdos on the street everyday and not just in appearance; they may as well get used to it now.

 

my problem is ... if you are going to have a dress code then enforce the stupid thing or get rid of it.

I hate baggy pants and huge tees - they are not allowed on the dress code. The first month of school the kids don't wear this stuf then after that....anything goes....heck I was there yesterday and I saw a kid in a tee that would have held four of us, but he was cool and no one said a thing. He's crotch was at his knees. He walked into the office asked a question and walked out. he was in total violation of the dress code but everyone knows and Brookies house, (west johnston), you let certain kids get away with stuff because she wants everyone to love her. Let someone else wear a beer logo on a shirt and she has a fit. Ooooo and don't wear colored shoe laces - you could be in a gang. But do let the cute little girls have a short tee and show their belly button every time they are doing anything other then standing perfectly still. And it is ok to have a tee that is so tight that it shows everything but don't let the straps be less then a few fingers wide. Oh and skirts can be super short if you are tall because they only have to reach to the bottom of your fingers. but, we should we never enforce that on shorts even if it is in the dress code.
Brookie ran around looking like a sad sack at the last Senior project thing they had. EVeryone mocked her, even her own staff.
The power went to her head and she thinks she can do anything...
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anyway the dress code is a joke.

 

a day late...but worth the read!

As a Christian, it's one of the few holidays I can appreciate for not have it's traditions all bound up in pagan origins. I think the true story of St. Patty is a great one:

Saint Patrick's name at birth was Maewyn Succat? He was born somewhere near the end of the fourth century and took on the name Patrick or Patricus, after he became a priest, much later in his life. At the age of sixteen Maewyn Succat was kidnapped from his native land of Britain, by a band pirates, and sold into slavery in Ireland. Maewyn worked as a shepherd and turned to religion for solace. After six long years of slavery he escaped to the northern coast of Gaul.

In Gaul, Maewyn became Patrick (a more christian name) and studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for twelve years. He came to believe that it was his calling to convert the pagans of Ireland to Christianity. St. Palladius was appointed to go to Ireland first but transferred to Scotland two years later opening up the door for Patrick. Patrick was about sixty years old when he arrived in Ireland and it is said that he had a winning personality that helped him win converts. He used the shamrock, which resembles a three-leafed clover, to help explain the concept of the Trinity (father, son, holy spirit).
Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries and setting up schools and churches to aid in converting the Irish country to Christianity. Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland.

Evidently, they all went into the sea and drowned. The snake is a pagan symbol and perhaps this is a figurative tale explaining that he drove paganism out of Ireland.

Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. He then retired to County Down and died on March 17 in 461 AD. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since. The first year St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in this country was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades.

St. Patrick used the shamrock leaf to symbolize the Trinity, and today many people wear a shamrock to commemorate Saint Patrick's Day.

for more.....
http://www.funmunch.com/events/patricks/history.shtml

 

here ya go Clea

Maybe this will be in time :mrgreen:

Lady in the store told me the other day that when her kids were little, she cut a large bunny footprint stencil out and took it in the yard. Starting in the driveway, put the stencil down and sprinkle baby powder to make a bunny footprint. She did it all the way up to the door. Said her kids thought it was so neat.

 

Maybe you could use this next year-I have a friend who paints her daughter's toenails green while she sleeps.

 

Oh, I like the Bunny Prints! Thanks! And the green toenails, will have to do that next year Pickle!

 

I say let the kids spray their hair green on special occasions if they want to. I say if you are going to have a "crazy hair day" as part of spirit week then you have to let them do something like that on other special days as well. I let my son spray his hair green yesterday as well and there was no problem what-so-ever. He said other kids did it also. He is in 3rd grade.
I say we are teaching our kids that they are not allowed to be different. I think it is terrible. Some things are completly understandable like not allowing daisy dukes or showing underwear, or things like that, but hair color? So you are telling me that the kid with the bottle thick glasses are a distraction? Kids are going to be staring at them as well just because they look different. But they cannot help it. I say let kids be kids at all times! We are making them little programmed robots. What is this world coming to? Who stole the fun? JMO

 

I agree. You should have been called and you could have taken him home. Ridiculous to make him wash it at school, and embarrassing.

 

I agree, but the dress code has to be this way to prevent the gang look and the hooker look. Sucks, but that's the way it is.