Upper Elementary News - February 2
Our parent performance of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is scheduled for February 15th at 9:30am in the Upper Elementary building. Please enter through the main doors. Seating will begin at 9:20. We can't wait to share our hard work with you!
Here are some comments from students about the play:
"It’s really exciting to be putting together a play since I’ve never done anything like this before." - Kiki
"I think the play is going really well. It’s really fun because during practice, even if you’re not in a scene, you can still watch it and it’s really funny." - Josephine
"I think it’s really amazing how they transform themselves to a totally different person with a different background." - Lily S.
Take a look at Upper Elementary's integrated arts experience in action in the video below. In connection with their reading of the novel Kaytek the Wizard, the students reacted to the TPAC performance based on the novel:
We held a court trial for students to present their evidence for the “mysterious incident” that occurred back in November. Purportedly, there was a fire in a trash can next to the UE building. In a surprise turn of events, it turned out that Deanie was the culprit. She admitted her guilt, saying that she was experimenting with making cookies without an oven. She thought she could fire the cookies like she fires clay. The fire got out of control, and she was too embarrassed to tell anyone about it. She asked for forgiveness from the community, which was graciously given. In fact, two students took it upon themselves to write a “We Forgive You” note to Deanie and gathered signatures from their classmates.
We held a court trial for students to present their evidence for the “mysterious incident” that occurred back in November. Purportedly, there was a fire in a trash can next to the UE building. In a surprise turn of events, it turned out that Deanie was the culprit. She admitted her guilt, saying that she was experimenting with making cookies without an oven. She thought she could fire the cookies like she fires clay. The fire got out of control, and she was too embarrassed to tell anyone about it. She asked for forgiveness from the community, which was graciously given. In fact, two students took it upon themselves to write a “We Forgive You” note to Deanie and gathered signatures from their classmates.
Some quotes about the trial:
“It was amazing and very unexpected!” - Alexandra
“It was fun presenting evidence and finding out that Deanie’s soil matched the soil at the crime scene exactly.” - Laila
Max wrote the following about the Abintra Stock Exchange:
The Abintra Stock Exchange is made as realistically as possible for kids to learn about stocks. It allows people to buy stocks with their “abint coins” (fake currency used to buy stocks). You start the Abintra Stock Exchange by filling out your ledger and transaction papers, then you roll your dice, one for your initial starting abint coins, and one for your salary every week. (You can start with $100 to $10,000 abint coins.) Then you can buy your stocks and keep the information in your ledger and transaction sheets.
Here are some student comments about the Abintra Stock Exchange:
"I think it’s cool that we can have something to do that people do in real life. It’s a good way to introduce people to what happens. I hope I make a lot of money!" - Hazel
“It’s amazing! It’s stressful because I want to win.” - Bob
“In my opinion, once you start, you can’t stop. It brings you in because it’s so fun.” - Louis
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