Happy Holidays from Mrs. Krug

Happy Holidays!  You have probably noticed that there have been quite a few less posts here than usual, but don't worry, that just means exciting things to come!  We have been busy in the classroom with a holiday surprise to bring home the night of our holiday program (December 12!).  We have also been busy getting ready for our art show that will be displayed also on December 12 in the lunch room!  And finally, we just finished up a really neat contest project called Math and Music put on by the Phoenix Symphony!

Our Math and Music Contest was an exciting one.  We were challenged to listen to the theme from The Lost World (Jurassic Park) by John Williams and paint a piece about Math!  Pretty fun!  We explored symbols and colors that might really meet the challenge.  We also spent lots of time learning about John Williams the composer of countless movie scores including Home Alone, ET, Star Wars and more!  Below are the finalists that were chosen out of our 102 students who participated!  These lucky guys and gals' art work will move on to the Symphony to compete against other students in the area.  We will find out if we have any Leading Edge winners on April 3rd when we take our all school field trip to the Symphony!

Katelyn Grade 2

Susie Grade 5

Larissa Grade 5

Bella Grade 6

Joshua Grade 4

Dafnie Grade 5

Tyler Grade 6

Joel Grade 6

Allison Grade 5

Cara Grade 4

Jay Grade 5

Brandon Grade 4

Hannah Grade 4

Abby Grade 3

Peter Grade 3

Norah Grade 3

Levi Grade 3

Brianna Grade 3

Gracie Kinder

Logan Kinder

Izzy Grade 1

Zach Grade 1

Flexibility is Key!

This week Mrs. Krug got a valuable lesson in flexibility!  While my dream is to spend 4-5 full days a week teaching kids art, this year I was asked to branch out.  I am officially now the LEA E. Mesa Specials teacher and was excited to offer the kids not only art this week but PE and Music!  That being said, it has definitely been a bit of a gear changer so this week I don't have any student art pictures.  Most classes brought home something to show you this week though, so I am hoping that will tide everyone over!

In art this week students competed in a Georgia O'Keeffe coloring contest!  Remember those!  I used to love coloring contests so I went old school this week and brought them back on a day I had to be out for an amazing conference put on by Harry Wong (teacher celeb!) on classroom management!  The kids blew me away and I had to have help choosing winners!

Students are also competing in a contest put on by the Phoenix Symphony this week and in the coming weeks.  At the end of the year the students will have the opportunity to visit the Symphony and we received information on an art contest tied to that!  The students were asked to listen to the theme from Jurassic Park's The Lost World (by John Williams) and paint their feelings on math and music!  Some neat things are coming soon for this one!

Also coming soon!  Be sure to stop into the Fellowship Hall after our Holiday Program for a little art show!  I can't wait to show off some very special art work! ...and get to meet the families behind these awesome students that I have grown so attached to!

Here is a little tid bit of John Willimas the composer that we are listening to in art class just for fun!  Recognize any of these songs!?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEXh9K90gC8

Also just ran across this article about the Georgia O'Keeffe exhibit in my hometown art gallery!  Amazing to see what some fine art can do for a small community economy!
http://poststar.com/news/local/report-hyde-collection-generated-million-for-warren-county-economy-in/article_6f69c0a2-4805-11e3-b4d1-0019bb2963f4.html