My Students Featured in Exclusive Publication
Congratulations Are In Order!
The Spring 2014 Celebrating Art Book will be published in May. Eight of my students at Orlando Junior Academy (OJA) students will have artwork in this national publication! The top 25% of entries nationwide are selected for this art anthology which showcases student artwork in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade.
Lucas Astacio, Youstina Boktor, Faith DeVries, Sebastian Frank, Garren Miler, Jaela Morgan, Keilah Nunez and Lucca Venegas are representing OJA in this newest edition. I’m proud of their achievement and recognize their creative talents.
Ending the Schoolyear with Watermelons
It feels like we’re coming full circle at Orlando Junior Academy. Back in August and September we were excitedly watching our garden watermelons grow. Then, as we do at OJA, we brought what we plant and nurture into the classroom and found creative ways to learn from it. Those watermelons provided for some interesting measuring and mapping! Of course there was some great tasting too.
Now as we’re bringing our school year to a close, we’re inspired once again by those watermelons!
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