This year we tried something new at our school - in an effort to celebrate the many talents of our students, particularly in the area of the arts, we hosted our 1st ever Arts Week. Each day of the week brought a different theme: visual arts, dance, video, music,literature and food (Adobo Dogs).
We also set up a live twitter feed (#celticsarts) whereby students and staff could comment on the events of day and/or week. The feed provided some wonderful testimonials and outpouring of gratitude (It was also another way to for us to model the proper use of social media - as usual the students responded exceptionally). One student tweeted: "if only school was like this all the time".
I am proud of our teachers who had the vision and passion to see this project come to life (@gabdonn, @davisrightnow, @maricelignacio - you are amazing), the students who shared their many and diverse talents and the rest of the community who came together to celebrate and enjoy.
It was during a lunch time event that the true value of arts week came to life, when a neighbour walked up to me and said: "I think it is amazing that you are giving your students such a safe and warm place for them express themselves and share their many talents with each other." I couldn't agree more....can't wait for next's year's Arts Week!
Here are a few pictures of the week's events:
We also set up a live twitter feed (#celticsarts) whereby students and staff could comment on the events of day and/or week. The feed provided some wonderful testimonials and outpouring of gratitude (It was also another way to for us to model the proper use of social media - as usual the students responded exceptionally). One student tweeted: "if only school was like this all the time".
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| Twitter feed #celticsarts. |
It was during a lunch time event that the true value of arts week came to life, when a neighbour walked up to me and said: "I think it is amazing that you are giving your students such a safe and warm place for them express themselves and share their many talents with each other." I couldn't agree more....can't wait for next's year's Arts Week!
Here are a few pictures of the week's events:
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| Our temporary art gallery featuring student art and photos. |
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| Following the performance of our dance squad, the students broke out in in dance in streets! |
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| This was one chalk art entry from a Gr. 8 team of students |
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| More from the gallery |
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| Poetry Slam and Spoken word on the patio at lunch! |
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| 100 students singing "it takes a village". The entire community came to hush to hear the choir sing |
Very, very cool.
ReplyDeleteAnd three of my fav people behind it as well.
Nice work. True 'connected learning' of the arts.