Great Kids, Great Families
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Newspaper Writing – Yoga – Sewing
By St. Mary Parish School
Sunday, Nov 18 2007, 10:24 PM
These are but a brief sampling of the novel learning experiences students in grades 6, 7, and 8, have taken part in during the Friday Activity Period.
If you wander the school building from 2:10 until 3:00 each Friday, you will find almost 100 very involved students. Some are building a pyramid on the second floor. Others are learning yoga poses in the conference room. At one end of the science lab, a third group is practicing how to use different tips create shells, flowers, and writing, to decorate cakes. At the other end of the lab, the hum of sewing machines can be heard, as students learn everything from reading a pattern to creating a pair of pajama bottoms. The first issue of the newspaper is slated for press in December, as students practice reporting, editing, and laying out a newspaper. Computer animation has stick figures doing amazing antics across the monitor screen. Harmonies waft down from the third floor choir. Primary children are being taught new "learning games" on first floor. And the Activity Center is full of students play novel interactive games, like "ghost volleyball".
What a wonderful opportunity to try a new activity, in a "non graded", stress free environment! Who knows what new hobbies - or lifelong passions - will result from these experiences. As several students related, "I just love getting to pick what I want to do. It's so much fun - and I'm learning a lot. It's like a taste of high school."
