Well, 3rd Trimester has continued to bless me with great students, fantastic moods, and I am continued to be blown away by the creativity that the students at this school have. (Picture of Silhouette Display to be coming soon). Check out these unbelievably creative, detailed, and fun projects my 8th graders have been making in ceramics!
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| Student describes his work as a tribute to love around the world, each side has the initials of how to say "I love you." in four different languages: Spanish, English, French, and Italian. He also thought this would be impossible and he proved himself wrong. :) |
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| A teddy bear made for a student's mother who is expecting a baby; was stressful for the student but proved delightful. |
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| Small scale recreation of the Superbowl Trophy - something the student had to attempt multiple times to get the football just right. |
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| M&M Guy |
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| A turtle, atop a rock, with rocks around the bottom in a bowl - the student says it is to be filled with liquid as decor; beautiful. |
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| It will be a soccer ball but I think the facial expression makes it hard to resist smiling. |
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| "Crayon Family" As the student calls it; mama crayon and two kids. |
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| Winnie the Pooh - the student squeals when it all came together in the end. The pot even says "Hunny". |
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| Character Frogs - mom, this reminds me of the faces you have at home. It's turned into a series, I think she is making one more. |
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| The biggest project yet, a cartoon dog - fully detailed with collar, tail, eyes, tongue, and soon to be nose. Heavy, hollow, and this is one of the project I have seen the most effort go into. |
The other thing I wanted to touch on was this campaign for funding that goes to relief for Japanese reconstruction. Help Japan by making paper cranes.
These simple yet powerful gestures will trigger a $200,000 donation from the Bezos Family Foundation - $2 for each crane received - to Architecture for Humanity's reconstruction efforts in Japan. Once they reach our goal of 100,000 submissions, the cranes will be woven into an art installation - a symbolic gift from students around the globe to Japanese youth. I sent the
link to my principal as we try and create ideas to help Japan and it was so irresisistable, I think we're going to go ahead with it. It's not out at the school as an idea yet because we have to get the logistics together. Imagine if each kid makes 1 crane - over 400 will be sent, and if each kid makes 2-3, 1,000 will be sent and we will have made a wish (1,000 cranes created grant a wish - it's a traditional belief in Japan). Such a cool idea. Pass along the word and get involved - if we do go ahead with this, I will post pictures of the progress we make!
Okay, I don't have much to say besides that. My friend and I are getting our butts gladly kicked in the Next Level Extreme Fitness class that we are participating in. It's been four straight days and I can honestly say that every muscle in my body has announced it's presence and the sit of stairs or the necessity of needing to sit both make me shiver with hesitation. But it will be worth it. Tomorrow marks the last day completed in the 1st week. "Earn it" is the motto. Matt has started going to the gym (we have a "bet" of sorts going on) and we've been making a point to eat healthy. If we want to eat out, we go to Subway and we skip the cheese and sauces. Go us. I feel great and working my butt off makes me want to eat healthy and find new healthy foods too...like tonight, wild rice, green beans, and Lemon Pepper Tilapia - a meal all under 500 calories, with plenty of protein and little, and I mean little, fat. Have to say it was delicious. (Matt opted out of the fish and replaced it with sirloin, but eh, what can I do? He's a picky eater.)
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| Umm, yum? Yep, definitely yum. |
Until next time.
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