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Week Ending 9/28/18

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David Goggins.    He could have been a Fall River kid.  Labeled a special ed student, came from a home filled with turmoil and abuse, and a minority.  In his twenties, he realized he wasn't going anywhere in life as he worked nights spraying restaurants for cockroaches.  One night, he sees an advertisement on TV for the army/navy and he decides to make a change.  He struggles through weight loss, depression and constant road block after road block to better himself to the point where he, with broken bones in his feet, still managed to complete "Hell Week," an excruciating training program for Navy Seals.  And after failing on the first week, he does it AGAIN and succeeds.    Like he says here in the quote above, we ALL get to a point where we want to quit...  It's what we do at that point that defines us.     Remind your students of this mindset when you give them something super challenging to do- whether that is composing loops for a soundtrack, hitting

Week Ending September 21, 2018

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Mark Carvalho's Durfee Art Students drawing from observation.. And in the News This Week... Planning Ahead: Thursday, September 27-  K-5 Art- 3:45 at Silvia- I have a surprise for you from the Art Fairy 6-8 Art and Music- Meeting will be held at 3:45-4:45 and be done on the Google Drive- Working on Maps- I will be logged on to facilitate  Thursday, October 4th-  K-5 Music- Meeting at Letourneau with Amelia Nixon from Link Up Program Here is a sneak peak of the agenda for the October 1st PD Day... Date : Thursday, October 1, 2018 Facilitator: Jackie Francisco Guiding Questions: What rigorous tasks will we plan for our students that engage them in application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation? What key vocabulary terms will our students  be asked to know and use as they do this work? How could technology support this work? Agenda: Student DISMISSAL TIMES 11:00 a.m. : Durfee 11:30 a.m. : Doran, Letourneau, Silvia

Week Ending September 14th, 2018

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The Week In PICTURES.. Ana Arsenio's Art Foundation Class Nicole Laprises' Orchestra Ensemble- "We're gonna need a bigger BOAT"  Durfee Arts Team watching the Letourneau ELL teacher through the use of Google Hangouts Ana Arsenio's awesome artists Steph Pereira's Arts Triptych- Part 1 Part 2  And Part 3! Check out this visual greeting! Steph Pereira's Silvia art students using the Quiver App to bring art work to life! Steph Garcia's Silvia singers! Heather Pereira's integrated Sculpture class at Durfee  Durfee Sculpture class! Happy Friday, Blog Friends! This first full week of school was busy for all of us, I am sure!  Lots of great shares on Twitter - I have seen some great lessons and celebrations tweeted out!  And we are really getting a hang of this Donors Choose stuff!  Thank you to those who have helped arts colleagues to build their own Donors Choose requests- this is truly

Week Ending Friday, September 7th, 2018!

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As I made my way across the district this week... I   CAUGHT  Ms. Arons at Letourneau  BEING AWESOME !   Here's what she did... She set up each table with a color specific set of art tools, and even taped the markers with the respective color...  She set up an agenda on the board so students were clear of the day's expectations.. . And the best part?  She included a pair of "glasses" for each Materials Master that matched the Materials Boxes.  Material Masters have the choice of wearing these on their faces, on their heads, or hanging proudly from their t-shirts.  PRETTY Schnazzy! Do you have any new and/or tried and true art or music systems that work that you would like to share?   Shoot me an email and I will share in next week's blog! In the News this Week: Letourneau  Scholars getting their music on! Ms. Jontos  has been busy- just follow her on Twitter and you  will know how dedicated she is to her craft!  She is current