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At 8:15 am on July 9, San Diego Guild of Puppetry lead artist, Felix Diaz’s whistle will blow, the drum group from Monroe Clark Middle School will set the beat, and rank upon rank of 6th graders will set out for their feeder elementary, Rosa Parks, in the 8th annual, “Welcome to Middle School” parade.
Students will carry masks, giant puppets and banners that they and 6th graders from previous years have created, inspired by their studies of different cultures (giant snakes, inspired by the Mesoamerican plumed serpent god, Chinese dragons and tall African effigy figures). As the middle schoolers approach the elementary playground, they will be joined by Rosa Parks’ graduating 5th graders, bearing the masks that they created. After parading before the entire school population, the procession, now close to 600 students strong, will march together back to Monroe Clark, marking the passage to middle school, in a larger than life celebration.
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