This spring Emily Chapman talked with Lewis Elementary music/technology teacher Tony Jamesbarry about technology and art instruction at Lewis Elementary. The video provides an overview of our program and demonstrates some of the projects that students have been working on. Emily, a Media Studies graduate of the University of San Francisco, is an old family friend. She is working on two other videos about Lewis and I’ll post those when they are finished.
The ecoroof on our outdoor classroom at Lewis is growing nicely this spring. I’ll grab some shots from the school roof later this week and post them to Flickr.
On Friday the Lewis Elementary PTA sponsored a BBQ and picnic on the school playground. Musical entertainment was provided by our own Boomin’ Beats students and also a local Marimba Band which featured Lewis alum, Wilson Alness. In addition a local band lead by Lewis parent Chris Hawking also performed to a very appreciative crowd. It was a great event on a perfect spring evening and we had a great turnout.
At Lewis Elementary we recently created a butterfly garden space near our west entrance. Our Americorp Volunteer, Julia Hamlin put together a slide show that documents the work done by our students and volunteers… I exported the slides as images and put them up on Flickr and have used Slideoo to present them below. Update: I have also posted them to Google as a Presentation. See below…
At Lewis, we are in the middle of creating a butterfly garden near the west side entrance to the building. This is being led by our Americorps Volunteer, Julia Hamlin, and with the help of many parents. Tomorrow, Sunday, May 18, we are having a work party to finish the project. Below are some images from our work this past week…
The folks over at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance have a nice profile of one of my students, Antonia. Antonia rides her bike to school every day, rain or shine. The article also talks about the involvement of Lewis in the BTA’s Walk and Bike Challenge…
Our Nutrition Services department is working to offer more locally produced food in our school cafeterias. They have a program called Harvest of the Month and on Tuesday they invited local media to our school to talk to students about the latest choice…. beets…
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