Art On Centre

  Ms. Cullen’s K2 class built boats or ships out of paper and straws.  The students used magazines, paper, colored with crayon and straws as the masts. The materials they used will enable the boats or ships to float in the water on their own.  The crayon covers the regular paper with wax to protect it from the water soaking it.  We first did an experiment by coloring the paper sails with marker.  we then dipped the paper in water and the students watched as the sails colors mixed together like watercolor paint and dripped into the water making the paper sails weak and could be easily torn.  I explain that using crayon on the sail would protect the sail because crayon was made from wax.  The students then asked “well what is wax?”  I asked them does anyone know what wax is.     One students said “You mean like a candle?”  and another relating it to what was familiar said “ we have wax in our ears, do you mean like that?” I sa...

Information for Parents Regarding Art Class Grades The winter term report cards were sent home with your children at the end of March.   You may have notice the field for art grades was empty.  Due to an error with the class lists they could not be entered online.   If you would like to have a copy of your child's grade in art class please contact me here or via my BPS webmail address. See the link below.  We will be checking the lists to to see what happened this term and I am hopeful the administration will have it fixed for the next grading period.  Contact- Ms. Drakes cwall@bostonpublicschools.org

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