Fourth-grader, Sarah Haycox, made it her mission to right a wrong. And in doing so, she has shown the world what one 1 person, with passion, can do.
One day, when 2 by an athletic field near her school, Sarah noticed a small3with the name Edwin T. Pratt and the year 1930 - 1969 on it. She4 who he was and what he did.
After some 5, she learned that he was a civil rights leader who had done many good things to 6 others. Sadly, he was 7 just because someone disagreed with what he was doing.
Feeling that the small memorial was 8 big enough for a man who had so much 9on others, Sarah 10 to do something!
There was a new 11 going up nearby for young kids. She found out who were 12 the building project and asked them if it could be named after Mr. Pratt. Through great efforts, her vision came to reality! Almost 50 years after his death, Edwin Pratt's life and impact will be celebrated as the name of the new school.
Most kids simply had walked by the memorial without thinking about who Mr. Pratt was. But Sarah had the 13 to learn more, the vision to imagine something better and the courage to 14 her idea. Her amazing actions have15 many other young people around the world.
