by Jacob Ward, Franklin Fine Arts Center
Greetings and salutations again, dear reader! Here’s the skinny on what’s been happening
this week in the life of Jacob Ward!
At Franklin Fine Arts:
This week my students K-4 started working on brightly
colored projects inspired by Brazilian artist, Romero Britto (whose name now
has a specific head bob that goes with it when spoken to help Kindergarten remember his name). The older groups are continuing to wrap up
their Barbara Probst photography projects.
Since Franklin’s current building was built in the 1920s and has
artifacts in the hallways like a fallout shelter sign, it was hard to not take
advantage of one group’s gas mask for a side photo-shoot with the sign.
As assistant assistant coach for the cross country team, The
Franklin Flyers, I helped get the team on their feet for their big meet on
Wednesday where several students received medals. I look forward to seeing where they go from
here!
Saturday was Franklin’s annual International Picnic where we
celebrated being “One Franklin”. Every
major nationality, as well as those specific to Franklin’s students and the
food establishments in the neighborhood, were represented in the buffet
line. The food was absolutely
amazing!!! The special performance of
the day was Franklin’s 7th & 8th grade Rock Band and
let me tell you, these kids rocked out like there was no tomorrow!
In Chicago:
This week has been slow on the adventure side but just as
fast paced as ever! Getting ready for
observations, prepping lesson plans, planning for edTPA, and fighting off a
cold have taken the majority of my time BUT I still managed to clear my
schedule to go see this week’s Chicago Semester fine arts event, August
Wilson’s Gem of the Ocean at the
Court Theater. It was
AMAAAAAAAAAZING!!! Even if I wasn’t a
theater person I still would have loved it!
And that is my advice to future CS students: go to the events! You’re paying for them, so do them… even if
you don’t love it, it’s still a worthwhile experience in the end.
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