Snow Day! Tree at Freeport Public Library

Be sure to visit the 4th grade student's Snow Day! tree at Freeport library between December 4-17th and cast your vote for the People's Choice award!  The 24 trees will be on display now through December 31st and cash prizes will be awarded to the winners!

A huge thank  you to our families for coming help put it together and to Mrs. Gassman for her help with the bow, skirt and ornaments!

Please Vote for Addelyn today through Saturday!

One of our kindergarten artists was selected this week to be an "Artist of the Week" on Artsonia!  Please take a few seconds to vote for Addelyn's scarecrow picture!  If she receives the most votes, she will receive a $50 gift certificate to purchase art supplies at Blick Art Supplies and the Dragonfly Studio will receive a $100 gift certificate!  Addelyn will also receive a commemorative plaque if she wins!  You can vote once per computer per day today through Saturday!

Click here to VOTE FOR ADDELYN!

Pinwheels for Peace & Unity Day Fun!

Unfortunately the weather offset our Pinwheels for Peace celebration to Thursday.  Thank you to everyone that helped out with making such a positive, visual statement of peace!

Then on Friday we celebrated Unity Day thanks to Miss Hoffman!  What a great day of working together on tasks!

Team Gocken Goofy Goobers!

More pumpkin & studio fun!

Miss Wiemer's kindergarten class did a wonderful job of using paint for the first time this week!

These third grade friends created a sign to remind children of the "rules" of Rex! 

It's amazing how the children take ownership in all aspects of the Dragonfly Studio!  Have a fabulous weekend!

Pinwheels for Peace coming September 21st!

Students have been hard at work creating Pinwheels for Peace this past week!  We will "plant" them on September 21 on the front lawn of the elementary school as a symbolic installation of peace.  At the end of the day, students will pick a pinwheel to take home as a momento! 

Collaboration projects in action!

First graders had a blast mixing paint to make some fabulous banners for outside the G-lab after reading The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds.  They were only given primary colors and mixed paint to make secondary colors.  They were also given white to tint the colors.  A few artists added black outlines and some swirl stamps to finish the project.

Mrs. Wanke's class made their annual whale spout pictures during art today!  You can visit her blog to see the finished product! http://wankeswonderfulwhales.blogspot.com/2016/09/wonderful-whale-photo-session-2016-2017.html?m=1

Third graders worked together on their concert decorations as well!  Mrs. Wenstrom's class loved listening to their concert cd while they worked! 

Welcome Rex!

Have you heard the Dragonfly Studio has a real, live dragon?!  It's true!  Rex the bearded dragon is here!  The kids have been wonderful with welcoming him to PES.

Our new kindergarten friends learned how to make orange paint this week by mixing red and yellow to make a pumpkin   for orange week!  We also mixed yellow and blue to make green leaves and stems!

What amazing artists we have!

Welcome back!

Here we are at week 2 already!  We had a great first week in the Dragonfly Studio!

We worked on our portfolios to hold our works.

Second graders have been hard at work creating colorful banners to hang in the cafeteria featuring different lunchroom manners.

We are starting to create Pinwheels for Peace this week.  We will "plant" them for  World Peace on September 21st.  

If you received an Artsonia slip in your child's communicator, please be sure to visit the site complete your registration so your child's work isn't hidden!  

Thank you for your support to another successful school year!