Time Lapse Video, courtesy HMS

By KARI BLURTON
Hays Post

To mark National Constitution Day, 600 students at Hays Middle School gathered Wednesday morning to form the American flag in honor of .

According to HMS social studies teacher Michele Brungardt, the social studies department is “celebrating freedom” and teaching students about the Constitution in their classrooms each day this week.

“Each social studies classroom is talking to the students about being an American and how lucky they are to have their freedom,” Brungardt said.

“The kids all got together and it worked out very well,” she said, adding the creation of the human flag took about 20 minutes.

Sixth-graders wore red, seventh-graders wore white and eighth-graders wore blue.

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