2013/11/22 Early Act/First Knight Knighting Ceremony at GES

 
On November 22, 2013, Giddings Elementary and the Rotary Club of Giddings held a knighting ceremony as part of the EarlyAct FirstKnight citizenship program.  The program which started at the beginning of this school year focuses on teaching the virtues embodies in the knightly code of chivalry to the students for 10 minutes each school day.  During this six weeks, the students learned about the virtue of Confidence.  At the knighting ceremony, twenty eight K-3 students were recognized for embodying that virtue and were awarded a champion’s medal.  The 3rd graders were knighted by Lady Hannah, one of the Knights of the Guild.  
 
Each six weeks a new virtue will be taught and more champions will be honored.  The next knighting ceremony will occur on January 17, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.  In addition, the Tournament of Champions was rescheduled to spring because of the weather.  The tournament is a spectacular, outdoor event complete with armored knights and live warhorses.  The EarlyAct FirstKnight program is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Giddings at no cost to Giddings Elementary.
 
 
First (bottom) Row (Left to Right) - David Watson Jr., Rocio Resendez, Briara Marshall, Leonardo Carillo, Tieson Sherman, and Adrian Orocio
 
Second Row: Dre Els, Hannah Hanson, Analeise Kuehl, Neira Campos and Ashley Murrillo
 
Third Row: Lady Hannah Walker and Jose Flores, Not Pictured: Sonya Bahkta, Jordan Grubbs
 
 
 
First (bottom) Row: Rilynn Creek, Arisbeth Segundo, Mia Salazar, Jarod Sheelar and Andy Gordillo
 
Second Row: Carlos Corona, Virginio Lara, JaDaysha Huff, Hayden Oldam, and Kaitlyn Shelton
 
Third Row: Maylin Caldera, Gunnar Fromme, Sierra Steinbach, and Adrian Marquez
 
Fourth Row: Lady Hannah Walker
 
 
Lady Hannah with Sonya Bhakta at her family
 
 
Jordan Grubbs being knighted by Lady Hannah