by Ginger Yarrow | Dec 5, 2011 | Architecture Adventure, Mann, News
Olivia N.’s skyline included a concert hall and a harp-shaped building for music classes. “It’s not what you are assigned to do but what inspires you,” she said. Olivia is one of the Mann 5th graders in Ms. Klemp-Florczak’s art class who...
by Ginger Yarrow | Nov 22, 2011 | Art Start, Beye, News
Local dancer and artist Vickie Cassanova sat in the rocking chair at the front of the classroom, the students intensely focused on the story she was reading to them. Like other stories Ms. Vickie shared with the students over the past few weeks, this story about an...
by Ginger Yarrow | Oct 17, 2011 | Architecture Adventure, Longfellow, News
Growing up in Oak Park, kids see Victorian homes all the time. Working with Architecture Adventure coordinator, Adrienne McMullen, Longfellow 4th and 5th graders have been getting the uncommon opportunity to actually study and recreate them. Using a large folded piece...
by Ginger Yarrow | Oct 3, 2011 | Geared Up, Holmes, News
“What do we need wheels for?” Ms. Ndiaye asked her third graders. “To move things from one place to another, so we can do our work,” explained Sam S. “And what does the axle do?” “It helps control the wheel,” Sam added....
by Ginger Yarrow | Jun 6, 2011 | Mann, News, Science Alliance
She came to Mr. Hayward’s 4th-grade class in a Tyvek suit, hard hat, respirator, and goggles. Trained as a geologist, Mann parent Tricia Feeley looked a bit like a space walker. Really she was there for a series of Global Village* presentations on the land and...
