Thirty-one ����ר�� 6th graders were knighted recently in a special ceremony that culminates their study of the Middle Ages. In mid-March, students participated in two-week-long personal challenges around moral-social kindness, physical fitness and academic-intellectual, then slept overnight at the school to celebrate their knighthood with a parent-planned feast. Students designed crests that represent their personal values; at the ceremony, they wore handmade tunics bearing their crests.The knighting ceremony kicks off a social-emotional learning curriculum at ����ר�� that guides students in character development, says Megan Sullivan, Social Emotional Learning Teacher at the school. “Sixth grade children can start to become cliquey, so I do a lot of work around getting them to see each other outside of select friendship groups,” she says. The knighting ceremony guides students to focus on people they admire, their modern-day heroes. Students also choose a personal motto that represents their values.