Mix it Up!

Mix It Up!

73 fifth graders at Glenridge Elementary?! Try fitting all of them at 9, 8 person tables! This means one person each day won't have a seat. So, the teachers must do something… right?

What should they do?

As the lunch supervisors thought about this issue, the one person without a seat is lonely. Should they rely on one person being absent each day? Should they get another table? The lunch supervisor thought about it. Then, one day in late September, they had an idea. They decided to add one table, then each day they will pick two kids from each class to sit at that table.

What's the point?

Why take 6 random people? You only need one extra seat you may think. Well, the mix it up table is more than just a few extra seats. Though it does help solve the too many kids problem it also helps different kids to get to know each other better. But, no lots of people like to mix it up 2 table some people don't really like it let's hear from them now. Epley W. says “it's useless and it slows us down.” and Lucia Dp. says “it's okay, but it causes unnecessary arguments.”

Mix it up even more!

Though fifth graders don't have assigned seats, they have to sit at 3 certain tables (with their class). Angela C. says “the whole grade should sit together.” Though they don't mix the whole grade up every day, once a month they do. That day is called mix it up day and its purpose is to get kids to sit with different people. It's a  school-wide event, going on during each grade’s lunch time. Maybe, one day 5th graders will be able to sit wherever they want.