Braids Against Bullies & Umbrellas for Peace Updates

Today Pecatonica stood up to bullying by wearing Braids Against Bullies!

We also had two staff painting days for the Umbrellas for Peace project!  They are beautiful!  We have some very talented artists on our staff!

Braids Against Bullies

On Friday, find a creative way to wear braids in support of victims of bullying!  Growing up being bullied in grade school was terrible, so this idea really hits home for me.

Thank you to the teachers that stayed after school today to paint umbrellas together!  I appreciate your support in the Umbrellas for Peace project.  The studio will be open tomorrow evening for staff members as well.  

W.O.W. piece 5 is due May 29th.  Students are to complete the majority of work individually in the studio.  Fused glass pieces may not be W.O.W. pieces. The end of the school year is drawing near!

Art Show 2014 Video

I created a video of the amazing turn out for the Art Show 2014!  What a fantastic evening!

Earth Day Collaborative Project

After collecting hundreds of water bottles (THANKS MRS. VANDEVOORDE!!!), we have started our Dale Chihuly inspired sculpture this week.  Our goal is to have our first sculpture finished in time for the Art Show on Wednesday evening from 6-7:30pm.  Monitoring non-washable acrylic paint with the kids kept my hands busy during class time hence the pictures are without children.

 Red at the beginning

Almost finished!

We will also have a donation box at the art show for the Umbrellas for Peace Project.  An example of the project can be seen at Umbrellas for Peace.  So far we have received 2.6% of the $2, 590 we need to make this project come to life.  I will have a few umbrellas out for students to paint for some of our staff members.  If you have fun paint colors to donate, please send those in ASAP.  Thank you for your support on this "once in a lifetime" project!  I can't wait to see it come to life!

Artist statements due tomorrow!

Just a reminder typed artist statements about students' chosen W.O.W. piece for the art show are due tomorrow!  A note came home in communicators a couple weeks ago and students have been reminded by classroom teachers.  Typed statements should include their name and teacher's name, few sentences about what your child created and what they want the viewer to notice about their artwork.  Some students have created mini stories about their artwork!  

We will be accepting monetary and paint donations for the Umbrellas for Peace project through May 9th.

A huge thank you to Mrs. VandeVoorde for collecting water bottles for our collaborative sculpture!  I hope to have it finished for the art show!

The art show is Wednesday, April 30 from 6-7:30pm.  Mrs. Hickman will also have her book fair open that evening!

What a fun and busy week before Spring Break!

We started the week out on Monday with kindergarten experimenting with finger-painting.  I was shocked at how many kids had never experienced this medium.  They had a wonderful time and we will definitely be bringing the paints out again soon!

Finger-painting is F-U-N!

I was able to create another Animoto video about this year's Fun Fair last weekend.  This is a great website/ app to use!  You can make a 30 second video for free, or a longer one for a yearly subscription.  Super easy to use.  Thank you to all of our volunteers for the Fun Fair and a BIG shout-out to Ashley Hoffman for all her dedication to making kids smile!

On Friday, I had the pleasure of accompanying Miss Wiemer's class for our math rotations!  The kids had a great time playing different Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks games.

Hope everyone has a wonderful spring break!