March 9th, 2022 (Wednesday) Artist's Blog

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This week, in the ARTS:

  • We had our last professional development day on Monday- so good, but bittersweet as this is the last PD day scheduled for the school year.  
    • Abby spent the afternoon with K-8 music teachers, and reported out that it went well- lots of discussion during the SEL portion and Chelsea had an excellent idea for the Jazz Blues unit at the middle schools!  She also reported out that the remainder of the department meetings will be spent on SEL, UDL and adaptive music.  
    • The K-8 art team were busy in their studios (AKA classrooms) preparing for the K-12 Arts Expo.  Thank you to those who have submitted numbers for the pre-cut paper.  I have delivered to most, and have a short list left, but ran out of paper!  It's on the way (thank God for Amazon), and I should have this for you in the next week.  
    • The band and orchestra teachers had a great pow wow in the music wing, and worked on All City prep, scheduling, field trips, Solo Festival and Small Fry concert prep.
  • We are preparing students for All City Band and Orchestra Concerts!  These concerts will be held at Durfee on 3/29 and 3/30!  Stay tuned for more information.

A couple of things..

  1. It's National Women's History Month!  Please consider planning tasks for students that stem from the amazing work of women artists and performers!  Here is a link to some examples of SOME artists, actresses and performers.. this is only a sample!  So many to choose from...
  2. It was also Read Across America day today- but you can celebrate this ALL MONTH, too!  So many of you use texts to inspire, motivate, educate, narrate, etc.. I LOVE seeing this- and have bought several teachers books so that they have these at their fingertips to use with kids.  Please reach out if you need help with getting books in your rooms, in any way, shape or form.  The pics below are from a 3rd grade classroom at Doran.  I was their "Guest Reader" on Tuesday.  We read "Night of the Gargoyles" on the rug and then went back to our tables to make our own Gargoyles.. pre-work included talking and sharing what our gargoyle would "protect" us from (purpose of the arts).  By the end of the hour with these amazing kids, I knew more about them, and they knew more about Gargoyles.  And that made me happy.





On the Calendar:

Daylight Savings- Sunday, March 13th
St Patrick's Day- Thursday, March 17th
End of Trimester 2- Friday, March 18th
1st Day of Spring- Sunday March 20th
End of Term 3- Friday, April 1st

Your Supporter, 100%,
-Jackie

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