Work from three of our students will be on display at the National Museum of AMericaan Jewish History in conjunction with their Bill Graham exhibit. Bill Graham was recognized as one of the most influential concert promoters in history, he launched the careers of countless rock & roll legends in the ’60s at his famed Fillmore Auditorium. The posters used for advertising these concerts became widely known and collected due to their bold colors and interesting lettering. An example is pictured below. Our students were inspired by his work and created posters of their own subject matter incorporating unique lettering and bold colors. The exhibit will be on display until January 17th at the museum.
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Funny when asked to make the robot no one asked why. Mr. Roboto was called into action as our mascot for our new robotics club. Mr. Mayger received a grant from Amazon to host a robotics club. Dr. Hite, members of the School Reform Commission and ofcourse, Amazon were on hand for an assembly in which several schools were awarded $12,000! Thank you Amazon. It was an exciting day and our choir also performed flawlessly. Way to shine Wilson Our choir can be heard singing please click on the photo below
https://goo.gl/photos/aeEdnGTyYdcT2Z5P6 My classroom phone rings at 8:45 am and I think this can't be good. I answer and I am asked "Can you make a robot by 3pm today?" Without hesatation I say "Yes, ofcourse we can!" Well what a day, I pulled students from 802 to create a robot in less than 7 hours with only the materials we had in the building. Luckly art teachers save everything. These kids created out mascot Mr. Roboto. He can dance too.
With the short week we had this week students used this time to practice their drawing skills and to learn to use charcoal. I dragged out boxes of interesting objects for the students to draw. They had 5 minutes and then we switched objects. Great results by all and some smudgy fingers and faces.
Wilson's first annual Fall FestivalOn November 3rd, Wilson had it's first annual fall festival! This was a PBIS event that was open to all students to kick off what hopes to be a fun school year! I am sure the kids enjoyed themselves. There was donut diving, sack racing, ring toss, mummy racing, scarecrow making contest, face painting, a photo booth and of course a DJ to spin all their favorite tunes! A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO SHOPRITE COLLINS MARKET for DONATING ALL the PUMPKINS and DONUTS for our festival some more fun scenes from the day! Scarecrow Design CompetitionEach advisory was encouraged to participate in a scarecrow design competition during the fall festival . The students were required to bring in their own supplies to make the scarecrow. All of the entries were fabulous! Many of these students had never made a scarecrow before. The contest was judged and the winners will receive a pizza party. Skeletons and Masks in 901The students in section 901 made skeletons and masks this week. The skeletons were created using paper strips glued on to marble painted paper to create either a human or an animal. We had many humans, a tiger and a fish!
The masks were created using a mold and paper mache, each student created their own mask and then used paint, glitter and feathers to decorate it. |