The Idea for the Project:
The idea for the project started a couple of years ago. Mr. Bradley, our Computer Teacher, XC, and Track Coach went on a mission trip in Central America. Upon his return, he shared his magnificent story and pictures. Well, it got me to thinking. Wouldn't it be cool if we could somehow send something "Heritage" along with the people going on the trip? Not only that, but come up with a way to document the travels and stories of our Heritage family. So two years later, here we are. I hope this project takes a life of its own and accomplishes its goal of bringing the world to the student body of this fantastic learning community.
The Names of the Flags:
Once we decided on flags, we had to ask ourselves a few questions. How many would we send out and what were the names of the flags going to be? To help me answer these two questions, I turned to Mrs. Montgomery's (Horizon Science Teacher) 1st Block Class. I presented the concept and told them we had ordered 10 flags. It was up to them to determine how many would be issued out and the names of each. After much thought and debate they came up with distributing 7 or 8 flags and using the military alphabet to name them. We decided on 8 flags since Heritage has 8 letters. Since there are two e's in Heritage, I decided on Echo and Echo Jr. Along with those two flags we have the Hotel Flag, Romeo Flag, India Flag, Tango Flag, Alpha Flag, and Golf Flag. It was also decided that a different colored 5 centimeter band (number of points on a star) would be drawn on the stick of each flag to distinguish it from the others.
The Dimensions of the Flags:
Once we had the number and names of the flags decided, we had to only answer one remaining question. What size did the flags need to be? For this answer I turned to Mrs. Nichols' (6th Grade Social Studies Teacher) 5th Block class. We did not want them to be too small because we feared they would not show up in the pictures. On the other hand we did not want them to be so bulky one could not transport them around. So after we drew some dimensions on the board using the trusty yard stick (good to see technology has not replaced everything), the class decided on a flag size of 18" x 12".
The idea for the project started a couple of years ago. Mr. Bradley, our Computer Teacher, XC, and Track Coach went on a mission trip in Central America. Upon his return, he shared his magnificent story and pictures. Well, it got me to thinking. Wouldn't it be cool if we could somehow send something "Heritage" along with the people going on the trip? Not only that, but come up with a way to document the travels and stories of our Heritage family. So two years later, here we are. I hope this project takes a life of its own and accomplishes its goal of bringing the world to the student body of this fantastic learning community.
The Names of the Flags:
Once we decided on flags, we had to ask ourselves a few questions. How many would we send out and what were the names of the flags going to be? To help me answer these two questions, I turned to Mrs. Montgomery's (Horizon Science Teacher) 1st Block Class. I presented the concept and told them we had ordered 10 flags. It was up to them to determine how many would be issued out and the names of each. After much thought and debate they came up with distributing 7 or 8 flags and using the military alphabet to name them. We decided on 8 flags since Heritage has 8 letters. Since there are two e's in Heritage, I decided on Echo and Echo Jr. Along with those two flags we have the Hotel Flag, Romeo Flag, India Flag, Tango Flag, Alpha Flag, and Golf Flag. It was also decided that a different colored 5 centimeter band (number of points on a star) would be drawn on the stick of each flag to distinguish it from the others.
The Dimensions of the Flags:
Once we had the number and names of the flags decided, we had to only answer one remaining question. What size did the flags need to be? For this answer I turned to Mrs. Nichols' (6th Grade Social Studies Teacher) 5th Block class. We did not want them to be too small because we feared they would not show up in the pictures. On the other hand we did not want them to be so bulky one could not transport them around. So after we drew some dimensions on the board using the trusty yard stick (good to see technology has not replaced everything), the class decided on a flag size of 18" x 12".
