By Nate
This year, second and seventh graders have the privilege of participating in the program, Roots of Empathy. During this project, the students follow and study the progress of a baby assigned to their group. The baby that the 7th graders were assigned is Baby Sawyer.
Usually the project is for lower school students, but this is the first year trying it with middle school students. The creators of Roots of Empathy want to know if it would be effective on middle school students. We are the one of the few lucky middle schools to get to participate in this project. There is also a Roots of Empathy program in 2nd grade.
The 7th graders have already participated various sessions. During the first visit students measured and weighed baby Sawyer and made notes on what they thought Sawyer would do. The seventh graders also made patterns to see how baby Sawyer would react looking at them.
Roots of Empathy is a great opportunity and every middle school should be able to experience it. The 7th grade students look forward to further participation in this project and continue getting know baby Sawyer.
