Masks, monsters and class taught by Bing Bong from Inside Out

What a fantastically fun full-moon, pre-Halloween week at PES!  Fourth graders in Miss Klewin's class started the week with creating masks out of plaster to go along with our Mexican art unit.  Don't forget to bring goodies to decorate your mask this week!  

This week was also Red Ribbon Week!

We had twin day...

Superhero day!

Students in Miss Hoffman's third grade grade class are participating in a special collaborative project with the high school students in Miss Torre's classes.  They are designing and writing about their own, original monsters.  The high school students will then build the monsters out of clay and the artists will meet in the spring.  This is my third year with this project and it's a huge hit!

Second grade students watched a short video about contemporary sculptor James DeRosso, who specializes in clay monsters.  They used oil pastels on black paper to create our own monsters!

Students have been embracing choice art as well!  We currently have three studios open that include drawing, inspiration (books) and now collage!

To round off the week and in the spirit of Halloween, Bing Bong taught classes and participated in the parade on Friday!

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Wanke's Monster exchange & Yuda Bands

Second grade students in Mrs. Wanke's class were so excited to see their monsters the high school studio art student built out of clay!  Our students drew pictures and wrote stories about their monsters for the high school students to interpret.  They were nothing short of AMAZING!

Not to fear, more Yuda Bands are on their way!  Our response has been so wonderful!  We have fully funded one student in Guatemala to attend high school for one year and almost have a second student fully sponsored!  For every 175 bands sold, we fund one student to attend high school for one year.  Children in Guatemala receive public education through 8th grade.  High schools are private and very expensive to attend.  Pecatonica families are helping change children's lives across the globe!

aYuda means to help or aid in Spanish.  The bracelets are made of leather and coconut in Guatemala and shipped to the U.S.