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Thursday, April 5, 2007

Spring is in the air...or at least it is in the art room!



Kindergartners have been bringing their creations to life. Paper bag puppet shows were enjoyed by all. The students created special voices and did shows with their table groups-something I will be pod-casting the next time around! The following week a whole flock of feathered friends were born! Kindergartners know how to: roll out eggs, squeeze necks, pull wings, pinch and snip beaks, pattern with markers and push in a few feather. I can hear spring songs from their creations!
More than 500 of our students created posters for the annual Be Kind to Animals poster contest. Keep your paws crossed for a Fairview winner! Everyone is a winner for putting such great efforts into such an important community message. I dropped a big box of fabulous entries of at the Wisconsin Humane Society today! Here's a sampling of Fairview's finest:









I hope everyone has a great spring break. If your in staying in town, don't forget that the Milwaukee Art Museum is FREE on Wednesday all day. As for me, I'm off to Chicago for a few days. I can't wait to travel a little further along the Silk Road at the Art Institute of Chicago and I will be re-visiting Wicked to celebrate my daughter's 12 birthday.

I'm planning some great field trips for late May and June...stay tuned for the plan of action!

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