Pennies for Peace 2011

6th grade students stepped up to the plate, continuing last year's successful Pennies for Peace campaign to raise money for school's in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In future years we're going to choose a new organization to support, in light of the Greg Moretenson scandal. There's always issues with international aid, so we're going to make sure the money we raise goes directly to those in need.

America I Am

Check out this awesome video my students put together for the Black History Assembly!

Atlanta and Hippomenes

Theseus and the Minotaur

Psyche and Cupid

Echo and Narcissus

Where we're from

Students selected lines from their "Where I'm From" poems to be used in a whole class version of the poem. Quotes are mixed in with photos students took to illustrate "where they're from." After only a few short photography lessons, I am completely impressed at the photos students took of landscapes, portraits, still lifes, night shots, action shots, etc. The simpleness of some of the lines pack a powerful message and I can't help but watch the video and not get misty eyed.