Learning about liberty

Eighth-graders at Sussex Middle School visited Lady Liberty and Ellis Island on May 14. They’d prepared for their trip by comparing and contrasting Emma Lazarus’ poem which includes “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” with Neil Diamond’s song “We’re Coming to America.” The students then wrote their own poems and songs to parallel the comparisons made. America Has A Statue sing to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” By Amanda Pineda, Caitlin Pieri and Rebecca Tomczyk American has a Big statue Big statue Big statue America has a big statue That came all the way from France! It served as a sign of hope Sign of hope Sign of hope It served as a sign of hope For all the immigrants! She lights up the way to liberty Liberty Liberty She lights the way to liberty For everyone to see! Sing this to the tune of “We’re All In This Together” from “High School Musical.” By Alexa Sacchi and Raven Ramond Here and now it’s time for immigration We’re finally gotten here YEA YEA Cause all our dreams, have no limitations That’s why we’re here right now. We’re all in this together Once we see there’s a chance to immigrate And we take it! We’re all in this together And it shows where we stand as Americans It makes our dreams come true! Everyone is all from different ways Together we stand strong (together we stand strong) We’re all the same We’ve made it all the way now America is where we belong! We’re all in this together Once we see there’s a chance to immigrate And we take it! We’re all in this together And it shows where we stand as Americans It makes our dreams come true!