The finished Hudson River Mural was presented to the New York State Office of Children and Family Services where it will adorn their office wall for all to view.
Beginning with circles folded and cut into eight triangles, the K/1 students pieced together fanciful birds and then painted colorful patterned borders.
The fourth and fifth grade students have been making Iroquois longhouses and outfitting them with bunk beds, storage containers, people, animals and more. When completed, they will combine them all into one large village.
The K/1 's study of animals of the Northeast ended in a celebration of work where they displayed the animals that each student made and the habitats they constructed to simulate where their animal lives.
I've been teaching art at Parker since the school's beginning in 1991. Working with students over their kindergarten through eighth grade year becomes a longitudinal study of creative child development. It's inspiring and energizing to be part of the students' amazing growth as artists thoughtful young adults.