Second graders in Great Falls Public Schools get the chance this month to name the city’s snowplows.
City crews and snowplows visited 15 elementary schools Oct. 14-15 to visit with students.
Each second grade class in GFPS gets to submit a name suggestion for the snowplows by Oct. 31.
A committee will decide the best name from each school from among those class submissions and a sticker will be made for each snowplow showing the winning name for each school.
City crews on 24-hour schedule for snow and ice operations [2017]
Rachel Cutler, the district’s elementary curriculum coordinator, organized the event.
She said the snowplow event connects to the second grade curriculum, particularly social studies, as the students are learning about how citizens in the school and community take care of each other.
They’re also learning specifically about how governments provide goods and services for a community.
Those curriculum aspects are addressed in two second-grade standards:
- SS.Economics.2.2: describe examples of goods and services that governments provide
- SS.Civics and Government.2.2: demonstrate ways to show good citizenship in the classroom, school and community
Some the names the students might submit, according to GFPS, have included Blizzo, Han Snowlo, Sleetwood Mac and Clearopathra.
