Notice:
Tomorrow is Orange and Black day.
The school does not do costumes as many of the little ones wreck their costumes throughout the day. We will. however, spend time writing and creating on this the Best Day of the Year for Kids.
Assembly tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 pm: Four of our students are receiving their awards. Those students have a notice that went home in their bags. Their initials are KS, ET, JM and AP
This Tuesday afternoon we started the afternoon in the computer lab. The students used a graphic program to create a representation of the pumpkin that your children worked on with your support. They are amazing. I think that the designs by our class are exceptional. This could be because your children are brilliant or, the fact that both Mrs. Schneider and I have been emphasizing writing and art as two connected divergent ways of thinking, or Mrs. Awalt is training both sides of the brain in our Music program, or all three.
"Art education (graphic and performing) aids the brain in actually rewiring itself to make stronger neural connections and more neural connections. Art allows the recipient a path for him/herself to experience the world. There is substantial data on achievement scores and the art education correlation, data shows that most art centered education promotes higher achievement scores in academic areas than non-art centered schools."
Kearney, P.(August 3, 1996). "Brain Research Shows Importance of Arts in Education." The Star Tribune, p.19A.
Diamond, M., and J. Hopson. (1998) Magic Trees of the Mind. New York: Dutton Books, Penguin-Putnam Group.
After computers the students went to Music and continued with the rhythm and pattern training they are learning as well as singing Halloween songs. After Music we returned to the computer lab to finish off our pictures. See you all tomorrow. Mr. W.
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