Lots of stuff going on here at the Waitsfield School. This afternoon, we will brave the weather, and head over to the Valley Players to watch our 5th and 6th graders perform the Lorax. They have dedicated a good chunk of time to this and are ready to perform it Live! Needless to say, we didn't have any reading or writing this afternoon and your child doesn't have their Weekly News.
I have changed directions on our engineering unit. We are going to start building out towers next week but will be using newspaper instead. If anyone can pick up a few extra 7 days or any other free paper or if you have older papers, please send them in.
We will be headed to the Flynn Theater on Thursday, April 14th. It doesn't look like the dance troupe will be able to visit beforehand. They are not getting into Vermont until the the afternoon of the 13th. Our schedule will be a little weather dependent that day. If it is nice out, we will leave at 10:00 and head to Burlington. Once there we will eat in the park across the street from the Flynn and then head to the 12:00 show. If the weather is less than desirable, we will eat at school and then head up. Unfortunately that will mean the kids are eating at 10:15 a.m.
The school's artist in residency program will start up next week too. Here is a description of the residency (In Kaiya's Words). This year’s artist residency again taps into the skills of our local potters and take full advantage of the new kiln the PTA has helped the school purchase. We will once again have Leslie Montalto join students to guide them in learning techniques with clay and creating bowls. The residency will include a day of field trips, on Friday 4/15, where students have an opportunity to choose a sight/activity to join.
We will combine this residency with a focus on hunger issues in Vermont, celebrating the creation of our bowls with an ice cream social (fill your empty bowl with icecream) to be held on May 19th, in conjunction with our spring concert.
I hope you all have a great weekend.
Peace,
Tommy
