Students spotlight community helpers at Seaford Harbor Elementary School

A community is filled with people who do many different jobs, and first graders at Seaford Harbor Elementary School recently explored these vital roles on their way to publishing a book.

Students in Krista Clark’s class recently created a book about community helpers. Together, they came up with a list of important jobs, and each child was tasked with selecting a community helper. Students wrote about their roles, using digital books from Epic to assist them in their research.

But Ms. Clark’s class book also had a little mystery to it. The young authors wrote clues based on job responsibilities, attire, and other characteristics. The reader can then guess what the job is and turn the page to find out. Each student drew an illustration of their community helper, which included chefs, doctors, emergency responders, lifeguards, pilots, soldiers, teachers, and more.

For more than 20 years, Ms. Clark’s classes have published a book. Every year the topic changes — past books have been about the alphabet, animals, and the Earth. Students could buy hard- or soft-cover copies of the book as a keepsake. The class also donated a copy to the Harbor School library.