Avery Arts Celebration!
Summer vacation…time to reflect on all the wonderful things that happened in the past school year. One of my favorite events was the Avery Arts Celebration. Our teacher writing group decided to combine the art show with a celebration of all the great writing and musical talent we have in our building. Wanting to reach out and help another group, we agreed to raise money for the earthquake victims of Haiti.
A few weeks before our celebration, we invited Alex Hoops and his friend Jared, two seminary students who were actually in Haiti when the earthquake occurred, to speak to our students. They showed slides from the schools they support as well as homes and other buildings around the area. After talking to my own students and other teachers who shared their class’ reaction, it was evident that these 2 gentlemen had a huge impact on our children. Our students were able to see that there are others in the world who live in difficult situations, but still find joy in life every day.
On the day of the celebration, we had 2 guests. Frank McGarvey, a storyteller told stories from Haiti and Nathan Anders, a faculty member at Capital University, brought a steel pan, as well as some friends to entertain us with Caribbean music. They had the place rocking! The afternoon brought parents to the first grade classrooms to visit as the students shared their pond animal informational books. After that, it was off to Open Mike! Students had the opportunity to read an original piece of writing in front of an audience of students and parents. Several fifth grade students played their instruments in between readings. In addition, the kindergarten teachers worked together to create a fundraiser for the Haiti victims. Families were then invited to visit the displays in the hallways. You can see from the slide show below that we had a wide variety of writing and art hanging in the hallway. It was truly a wonderful afternoon! I have to say kudos to our entire staff for helping it all to come together!
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