Sunday, March 30, 2014
Multicultural Night Photos
Thank you to all who made Multicultural Night a great success! I'd like to give a special thanks to Gail Guerrero for organizing the event, to Sharon Foster for teaching our students the dances and to Deanna Mustachio for teaching our students the songs. Here are some wonderful pictures (courtesy of Manu Madhav, Nethan's dad) of many of the amazing country booths:
Monday, March 10, 2014
Read Across America Day
We had many special visitors last week for Read Across America Day in honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday.
Mayor Setti Warren
Angela Pitter-Wright, School Committee
Mayor Setti Warren
Brian Turner, Day Middle School Principal
Lieutenant Bruce Apotheker, Newton PD
Jen Price, Newton North Principal
David Kelly, Author
"You're never too old, too wacky, or too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child."
Ask your child who read to his or her class.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Franklin's Amazing Art Program
March is Youth Arts Month. This is an opportunity to emphasize the value of art and art
education for all children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Speaking of quality art programs, we are fortunate to have an exceptional art program at Franklin. Some of you may know that Diane Jaquith, our art teacher, is an expert in the field of art education. She is the co-founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior and the co-author of The Learner-Directed Classroom: Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art (2012) and Engaging Learners Through Artmaking (2009). In fact, Ms. Jaquith has been invited to present at the National Learning and the Brain Conference in New York City this May (http://www.learningandthebrain.com/Event-271/The-Science-of-Smarter-Minds/Program). We are incredibly fortunate that our students get to learn with Ms. Jaquith every week. Franklin students engage in art making through a choice-based learning model offering multiple studio centers. After whole-group instruction, students continue working on an existing artwork or make a new choice. Emphasis is placed on artistic process and developing studio habits (from Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education). These habits are being piloted across the district and help to frame learning through the arts. This year’s studio habits include Envisioning, Engaging and Persisting, Developing Craft and Reflecting. Students use these habits to guide their self-directed work during art class each week. To see more great artwork emerging from Franklin's Creativity Studio, visit our Artsonia gallery:
education for all children and to encourage public support for quality school art programs. Speaking of quality art programs, we are fortunate to have an exceptional art program at Franklin. Some of you may know that Diane Jaquith, our art teacher, is an expert in the field of art education. She is the co-founder of Teaching for Artistic Behavior and the co-author of The Learner-Directed Classroom: Developing Creative Thinking Skills Through Art (2012) and Engaging Learners Through Artmaking (2009). In fact, Ms. Jaquith has been invited to present at the National Learning and the Brain Conference in New York City this May (http://www.learningandthebrain.com/Event-271/The-Science-of-Smarter-Minds/Program). We are incredibly fortunate that our students get to learn with Ms. Jaquith every week. Franklin students engage in art making through a choice-based learning model offering multiple studio centers. After whole-group instruction, students continue working on an existing artwork or make a new choice. Emphasis is placed on artistic process and developing studio habits (from Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education). These habits are being piloted across the district and help to frame learning through the arts. This year’s studio habits include Envisioning, Engaging and Persisting, Developing Craft and Reflecting. Students use these habits to guide their self-directed work during art class each week. To see more great artwork emerging from Franklin's Creativity Studio, visit our Artsonia gallery:
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