Your Opinion, Please.

[Mr. P]

Is a school "dance" appropriate for third grade?

I say no.

[actsnoblemartin]

absolutely not


Is a school "dance" appropriate for third grade?

I say no.

[82Marine89]

Is a school "dance" appropriate for third grade?

I say no.

School Dance? No.

Father/Daughter dance. Yes.

[JohnDoe]

no, i think it is too young to be getting girls and boys focussed on eachother....third grade is 8 years old for goodness sakes!

jd

[Abbey Marie]

No.

[pegwinn]

It better be square dancing and gym class.

[AFbombloader]

Absolutely not!

AF :salute:

[Pale Rider]

Is a school "dance" appropriate for third grade?

I say no.

It is in Colorado Springs. They also teach kids that it's OK to do drugs and experiment with homo sex.

[retiredman]

no.

[Yurt]

what kind of "dance"

[LiberalNation]

Yeah, it's fine. We had a school "dance" in elementrary school. It was nothing much, just gathering in the gym to hang out and do dances like YMCA or the chicken dance.

[remie]

Not just no....hell no

[LiberalNation]

Why not, you people are so paraniod. OMG students having a get together under heavy teacher supervision, the horror.

[Mr. P]

Why not, you people are so paraniod. OMG students having a get together under heavy teacher supervision, the horror.

I appreciate your 18 year old point of view, but this question applies more to adults and parents. We don't need the patients running the asylum.

[manu1959]

nope...

[Classact]

Is a school "dance" appropriate for third grade?

I say no.It's weird.

People seem to live out their lives through their kids these days. Here my sons have a 6th graduation in cap and gown... a 9th grade graduation in cap and gown in rented halls. Their cousin in San Juan had to pay almost $1500. for 6th grade graduation and prom that followed... it's freaking weird.

My oldest son was invited to a prom two hours drive away by limo and I had to cough up $85 for a tux... weird.

[LiberalNation]

and if parents think this dance is going to be any worse then their kids sitting together during lunch they're crazy.

[LiberalNation]

It's weird.

People seem to live out their lives through their kids these days. Here my sons have a 6th graduation in cap and gown... a 9th grade graduation in cap and gown in rented halls. Their cousin in San Juan had to pay almost $1500. for 6th grade graduation and prom that followed... it's freaking weird.

My oldest son was invited to a prom two hours drive away by limo and I had to cough up $85 for a tux... weird.

That is a little weird and over the top. Formal parties for kids is crazy. Sure we had 5th and 8th grade graduation but it as just a little boring ceremony in the school gym.

[manu1959]

and i parents think this dance is going to be any worse then their kids sitting together during lunch they're crazy.

how old are your children.....

[LiberalNation]

Do you really have any clue about what goes on with your children when they're out of your sight to make you so paraniod about a school dance.

[manu1959]

Do you really have any clue about what goes on with your children when they're out of your sight to make you so paraniod about a school dance.

no really how old are your children.....

[LiberalNation]

3 and 1.

[gabosaurus]

When I was in middle school, the debate was whether to allow an eighth grade dance. They didn't know whether it was appropriate to subject kids to the pressure of asking other kids to a dance. The eventual decision was to have an "open dance" where anyone could show up.

What they didn't realize what that a lot of kids skipped the dance so they could stay home and have sex. :lmao:

[manu1959]

3 and 1.

congrats.....where does all you experience raising 8 and 9 years old come from.....

[shattered]

I think even if a third grade dance did become reality, it would pretty much be girls hanging out with girls, and boys hanging out with boys.. Don't really see many of them dancing together - they're still at that "cootie" age... Probably be more like an inside picnic with music.

But, that's just based on the attitudes I see displayed from my nieces and nephews and their friends of the same ages...

[jackass]

Absolutely not. If my kids school had it, they wouldnt be going.

[Trinity]

My youngest who is in third grade, his school up to this point has not had a school dance nor have I known them to in the past. Would I let him go if they did probably, only because I know based on my 6th graders dances he attended in the fourth and fifth grade there is very little dancing done if any it is mostly girls hanging with the girls and the boys hanging with the boys. Yes I snuck up and watched :D

My youngest school is K-3rd then we have the intermediate school which is 4th and 5th, then the middle school which is 6th - 8th, then the high school 9-12 They have dances at all of the schools except the elementary.

[Kathianne]

None of the lower elementary schools my kids attended had dances, a mix of public and private. I think my school has a reasonable policy. For Valentine's and at Halloween time, there is are 6th-8th grade dances, from 6:30-9. The students and parents decorate the gym, pay for pizza, pop, and nibbles. Hire a DJ.

The lower grades have the Friday before the holiday to have a 'classroom party' chaperoned and planned by room moms. They play games, have treats, and usually watch a movie or go outside if weather permits. Usually held from about 1-2:30, while the older students continue school.

[Abbey Marie]

Why not a track and field event, or other large athletic endeavor instead? They can socialize, get some exercise, and avoid the entire boy/girl connotation.

[Kathianne]

Why not a track and field event, or other large athletic endeavor instead? They can socialize, get some exercise, and avoid the entire boy/girl connotation.

IMHO schools have too much 'down time' already, though your suggestion is what the little kids do, weather permitting. They play kickball or soccer. In the fall we have an entire day given to 'field day', two classes at a time, in competition. In the spring, picnic day-again an entire day. Add the parties at the two holidays, not too mention field trips and assemblies, (some worthwhile, some not), it's a lot of non-teaching time.