ALL ARE INVITED!

Please wear RED for GOOD LUCK IN 2024!

Throughout January, we looked closely at some of the ancient adages found in Confucius' Analects that still resonate today. Students created THEIR OWN TEXTS---HAIGA BOOKS and personal new year visual allegories.

Students have explored the 4 Ancient Arts of China and have had a lot of fun debating the meanings of some of our most commonly quoted sayings today. In February, 6-8 students are choosing what inspirational quotes they like from some new-age thinkers and are making lunar new year artworks in triptych form. These artworks will also be allegories of a different sort...

Our K-4th graders will be creating dragons of all sorts...featured in our upcoming LUNAR NEW YEAR LANTERN PARADE---February 23, 2024 (2PM). Please join us in our beloved annual celebration as we launch 2024 as the Year of the Dragon!

Hello Everyone!

We hope to see you on the 23rd as we ring in the Year of the Dragon with art making, celebration and joy!

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Throughout the month of February, 6th-8th graders will be comparing the three great thinkers of ancient China---Confucius, Laozi and Buddha--- using some very contemporary texts as our guide! Two of our artist-authors (texts) got their start on Instagram during the global pandemic and lockdown---James Norbury and Charlie Makesy. Our third author-artist is Benjamin Hoff and his 1980s bestseller---The Tao of Pooh. Students are very interested in our study. They will culminate their study by creating a three-panel scroll to honor their favorite words to live by... We will continue practicing the four arts of ancient China in this study.

K-4th graders will be creating a variety of Lunar New Year mixed media artworks emphasizing our love of all things dragon...We will be making 3D dragon puppets, dragon lanterns and dragon drums based on ancient folktales and modern storytelling...HOORAY!

🏮🏮ALL K-2 students will be parading! Please join us! 🏮🏮

Thank you for your support.

With Kindness,

Mrs. Vecchioni

We utilize teacher-created and curated text sets in our classroom study in the art lab. Our TEXT SETS create portable libraries to meet our students where they are at---in a variety of forms. These multi-grade libraries aim to access multiple learning styles and diverse set of interests.

To learn more about text sets in teaching and learning---please visit

https://doodles-academy.org/art-as-text/

Would you like to volunteer to read aloud books to children in our new flexible learning space?

Please let Mrs. Vecchioni know if you can volunteer for a weekly read aloud program for our younger students. We will be sharing our amazing culturally responsive library via read alouds and a new check-out system. We will be sharing Black History Month Book Bus Visits throughout February too. Let me know if you would like to join us! (Students can volunteer for this program during their lunchtime if interested.) Please email me at alvecchioni@cps.edu if you are interested!

Grrl Scout Troupe #26333 created pop-up cards and Valentine Haikus for their Elder Buddy Pen Pals at our last gathering. Due to CoVid restrictions, we can't visit our elderly friends, but have established a lovely pen pal relationship---complete with video shares and plenty of photos. In January, we learned some old songs and new ones as we shared our gratitude and love with our community. Thanks to Ms. Zelle for your support!

If any questions, please email me prior to club sessions. All art lab clubs are free. Thanks in advance!