As we approach Thanksgiving, I am touched by the gratitude project we have been doing with the students. They have so much on their gratitude lists and so do I! I am grateful for our amazing teachers, our beautiful campus, our dedicated maintenance workers, the reliable office staff and the devoted administration. I am grateful for our parent community, filled with volunteers, creative leaders and generous supporters. I am especially grateful for our hard-working, thoughtful, kind and creative students who are Scholars and Leaders with Heart. I am grateful each day for the opportunity to work in such a wonderful environment filled with inspiring people.

 

 

 

 

Students from third grade experimented with printmaking techniques! They used foam to carve designs with pencils, colored the foam with markers, added water to their papers, which allowed the marker to transfer to the paper from their foam 'stamps,' and voila! They had prints! Their final touches were the abstract background using different color shapes and line designs with crayon and marker.

 

Fourth graders learned about one-point perspective, where everything in the artwork converges to a single point on the paper. They used liquid glue to create raised barriers and soft pastels to fill the spaces. Students employed rulers to align the edges of their letters with the perspective on the paper, creating a 3D effect. They also explored the significance of colors; if a letter matched its background color, it would not pop, but instead blend, thus diminishing the 3D effect.

 

In first grade, students created mandala-inspired flowers with a recycling element. They learned how to craft complex designs through layering. By forming shapes resembling flower petals and adding new shapes in between each set, they developed flowers throughout the entire center. After cutting out the flowers, they utilized the remaining paper to draw flower stems, leaves and grass. Throughout the lesson, students worked with a variety of materials, including oil pastels, watercolor paint, scissors and glue. The process was complex and involved many steps, but they did a fantastic job.

 

RSVP IS NOW OPEN for Sugar Plum! It is a highly anticipated community event and a long Clairbourn tradition. Click here for our flyer! We look forward to seeing you there.

 

If you are interested in being a vendor at the Sugar Plum event, please fill out this form and email it to us. For any questions, please contact Mastaneh Wazni at 347-306-9782 or via email.