In Somerville, Massachusetts, a classroom full of five-year-olds is learning a new twist on “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” to respond to the threat of a school shooting. The lyrics, lettered in bright colors and illustrated with friendly cartoons, read:Lockdown, lockdown, Lock the door Shut the lights off, Say no more Go behind the desk and hide Wait until it’s safe inside Lockdown, lockdown it’s all done Now it’s time to have some fun! One child’s parent, Georgy Cohen, first spotted the song on the wall on a tour of the school. She found the sight of it “jarring,” according to the Boston Globe. “When I was in kindergarten, we had fire drills. It was different – we didn’t have these same types of threats,” she said. She shared the picture she took of the song online, saying, “This should not be hanging in my soon-to-be-kindergartener’s classroom.” Her dismay was couched in support for the … [Read more...] about Massachusetts School Creates Lockdown Lullaby for School Shootings
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‘Lockdown, lockdown’ is a kindergarten nursery rhyme at Massachusetts school
Allyson Chiu Published 2:10 am, Friday, June 8, 2018 It's not unusual for the walls of a kindergarten classroom to be plastered with colorful posters. But a poster in a Somerville, Mass., school caught the attention of Georgy Cohen and her husband, Rick Healey - and it didn't have anything to do with ABCs or washing your hands. Handwritten in multicolored markers, the neat block print read: Lockdown, Lockdown, Lock the door Shut the lights off, Say no more Go behind the desk and hide Wait until it's safe inside Lockdown, Lockdown it's all done Now it's time to have some fun! Accompanying the text were three images: a lock with a key in it, a hand turning off the lights and a person holding a finger to his lips. The words, meant to be sung, are set to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star." LATEST SFGATE VIDEOS Now Playing: Now Playing Photographing the Warriors Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Gabrielle Lurie A time-lapse trip through SF on the F-Market San … [Read more...] about ‘Lockdown, lockdown’ is a kindergarten nursery rhyme at Massachusetts school
School uses lullaby to teach kids about lockdown drills
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‘Jarring’ nursery rhyme at Somerville school teaches kindergartners about lockdowns
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Steve Annear Globe Staff June 07, 2018 While touring a kindergarten in Somerville on Wednesday to get a sense of what to expect when her 5-year-old daughter starts school in the fall, Georgy Cohen took stock of the items one might typically find in a classroom for young kids.Art supplies. Signs about how to wash your hands properly. A chart of the alphabet. Tiny desks.And then something grabbed Cohen’s attention: On the wall was a set of directions for what children in class should do in the event of a lockdown drill, written in colorful and bubbly letters — to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Advertisement It read: Lockdown, lockdown, Lock the door Shut the lights off, Say no more Go behind the desk and hide Wait until it’s safe inside Lockdown, Lockdown it’s all done Now it’s time to have some fun! … [Read more...] about ‘Jarring’ nursery rhyme at Somerville school teaches kindergartners about lockdowns
As a real estate rookie, Jared Kushner snapped up Somerville properties but also made mistakes
Visit The Boston Globe Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Comment on this Scroll to top of page Matt Viser Globe Staff June 23, 2017 SOMERVILLE — It was the low-ball of all low-ball offers, insulting in the moment, laughable in retrospect.Four Harvard grad students renting a first-floor Dimick Street apartment received word in the spring of 2002 that their new landlord wanted to renovate their unit and put it on the market as a condominium. The kitchen and bathroom work would be performed, the students were told, while they were still living there.Dan Neafsey and his roommates took a break from doctorate work in evolutionary biology and scoured Somerville regulations and tenant law to discover their lease prevented such disruptive work. But they agreed to go along, if the landlord would give them a one-month break on their $1,850 rent. Advertisement Then came the counteroffer from their landlord, a baby-faced Harvard undergrad named Jared Kushner: … [Read more...] about As a real estate rookie, Jared Kushner snapped up Somerville properties but also made mistakes