School Ode

Every morning we gather around the flag pole at 7:15am. The students line up according to their grade level and say the pledge, sing the school ode, and the national anthem. Holly and I have had the school ode in our heads for the past few days, and I thought I would share it with you. It is definitely much more exciting when the students are actually singing it...

Hear ye our voices sons and daughters, excelling with the chams of the day:

Resounding with echoes around us;

With melodies cheerful and gay;

Oh hear ye the sound in the breezes, the trills of our music sweet;

Thy children's grateful voices thee, another dawn to greet.

REFRAIN

Stella polaris, O Rick's Institute

Thy way to greatness and prosperity

Yee we point to glorious Ricks for fame and victory

With God before us, success we are sure,

Upward and upward the victor we go;

Therefore with uplifted eyes

We are sure to win the prize

Let us shout, let us sing songs of praises;

Of the saints of the founders of Ricks;

May our echo resound to all races;

Of the earth, for the noble and brave;

Thanks to heaven for this great creation;

Thanks to God for the church and the state

May our banner lofty float, In radiant skies of fate.