Labor Day 2019 is on Monday, September 2nd. Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, street parades and athletic events.
Labor Day is still celebrated in cities and towns across the United States with parades, picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays and other public gatherings. For many Americans, particularly children and young adults, it represents the end of the summer and the start of the back-to-school season.
Your Mossman PTA wants you to have a great day off, but we also want our Knights to remember why we have this holiday. Labor Day is an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.
In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages. Today, our children do not need to face these struggles, and we want them to know their history, but also to celebrate their futures. For this Holiday Weekend, we would like for our students to take a few minutes and show both gratitude and dream a little.
Time to TELL YOUR PTA and we will share your responses! Here is your question -
Labor Day is still celebrated in cities and towns across the United States with parades, picnics, barbecues, fireworks displays and other public gatherings. For many Americans, particularly children and young adults, it represents the end of the summer and the start of the back-to-school season.
Your Mossman PTA wants you to have a great day off, but we also want our Knights to remember why we have this holiday. Labor Day is an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history’s most dismal chapters.
In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts’ wages. Today, our children do not need to face these struggles, and we want them to know their history, but also to celebrate their futures. For this Holiday Weekend, we would like for our students to take a few minutes and show both gratitude and dream a little.
Time to TELL YOUR PTA and we will share your responses! Here is your question -
What do you want to be when you grow up and why?
Have your student tell us what profession they want to have when they grow up, and also share a little something about WHY.
Maybe someone they know has that profession and they have personally inspired them? Or did they watch a video or see something on the news about someone who has had that job? Maybe it is a profession that takes care of something that is important to them? Let's welcome summer and honor some great people with just a few sentences from our Knights that will be shared here on our website and on our facebook page.
Responses will be published after we return from the long weekend, and must be submitted BELOW before Sunday, Sept 1 at 5:00pm. (No last names will be published - first name, grade/age, and homeroom teacher. Parents must submit the information for their child.)
Maybe someone they know has that profession and they have personally inspired them? Or did they watch a video or see something on the news about someone who has had that job? Maybe it is a profession that takes care of something that is important to them? Let's welcome summer and honor some great people with just a few sentences from our Knights that will be shared here on our website and on our facebook page.
Responses will be published after we return from the long weekend, and must be submitted BELOW before Sunday, Sept 1 at 5:00pm. (No last names will be published - first name, grade/age, and homeroom teacher. Parents must submit the information for their child.)