Poems and pastries help OMES students celebrate dads

First grade teachers at Oak Mountain Elementary recently honored the men in their students’ lives by treating them to a morning of poetry reading and breakfast during an event they called Dads and Doughnuts.

Teachers Nina Butler and Monika Tortorici wanted to celebrate the men who have had an impact in their students’ lives in a similar manner as they do with their annual Mother’s Day Tea. Father’s Day falls during the summer months, so students do not have the same opportunities to prepare something for their fathers during the school year.  

 “I hope this was a day where the dads of our students felt honored and loved,” Tortorici said. “It was a fun way to involve them as we finished our unit on poetry, and I look forward to doing it again next year!”

Students recited poetry in a “coffee house” style. They had also written poetry, letters and stories as gifts for their fathers or other male role models.  

Dads and Doughnuts saw rooms filled with fathers, grandfathers and other family members discussing how honored they felt to be a part of the special event. 

“This will definitely be an annual event,” Butler said. “The response was so wonderful that I cannot imagine not doing it again next year.”

-    Submitted by Rebekah Austin, OMES