Owls 2012-2013: Let's Do Everything Today!

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Let's Do Everything Today!

The Owls had an absolutely whirlwind day today! Our morning kicked off with an annual stewardship Meeting for Worship. This is a special time where all of Lower School gets together to focus on how we can help to be "stewards", or helpers, of the earth. We gathered out front of the school, listened to a lovely story read by the first grade teacher Shannon, and shared some moments of silence with all the Lower School students at AFS. What a wonderful community event!

We then had a special music lesson today. A search has begun to find a part-time music teacher since Jason next year will be appointed Assistant Director of Lower School in addition to his music duties. As part of the interviewing process, candidates deliver a lesson to a class, so we got to experience a lesson by the first candidate. We showed off our collective prowess as instrument players, singers, and body movers.

We also went to the Art Room to create finger paintings inspired by Van Gogh's famous "Sunflowers Number 2". We carefully studied the way that the master rendered the flowers with crude delicacy, which made finger painting a wonderful choice when it came time for the Owls to try their hands (get it?) at making sunflowers.