Cultural Arts

This week Grades K-5 had an Author Visit from David Adler.  David is the author of the Cam Janson book series.  He took the children on a journey through the writing and publishing process while drawing the children in with relatable stories.  He showed children how story writing can be fun and how easy it is to get started.  He also showed them that nothing is ever perfect the first time around - every good story is rewritten a bunch of times.  And no matter what, they should never give up on writing.   

Today, fourth graders engaged in a multicultural workshop in ceramic arts. Using their newfound knowledge of potters and proper technique, our Leopards created one-of-a-kind vessels complete with symbols, patterns and imagery that is often seen in Native American culture. Art is all around us and its influence is far-reaching all around the globe — especially in Africa, Greece, Asia and Latin and South America! 

This week Link Grades K-5 attending the Assembly " A Day of Drum & Dance with Path To Rhythm".  Adam and Yahya put on an amazing show for the students and staff!  Everyone had a chance to learn through interactive playing on drums, as well as, participate in West African dances.  They taught the children the connections between drumming and dancing.  Everyone had a great time!

Jared Campbell performed an assembly for grades K-5. He performed his original songs, while taking kids through his songwriting process. The songs carried a message of kindness and caring. The students were also taken on an interactive sing-along journey that included a lot of their favorite video games - which was a huge hit!  

On December 13th - Grades K-5 attended the Assembly CHRISTMAHANNUKWANZADAN.  Winter is a glorious time of year. We welcome all the holidays in with a rousing, interactive and entertaining multicultural school show CHRISTMAHANNUKWANZADAN covered all that...and much more! This multimedia-filled, magical tour of music from several holidays introduced them to cultures from all over the world. Students learned about how each piece of music contextually fits into holidays and societal celebrations from around the world.  The students enjoyed a sing along presentation with a video presentation.  And they magically made it snow right inside our school!!! 

Last week, Talewise presented to grade K-5 an amazing assembly based around science. Through theatrical science & storytelling programs this interactive storytelling assembly helped students connect science concepts. Students got involved in the presentation through the use of sound and gestures. The stories provide a framework and context for science demonstrations, using the power of theatre to make science come to life. 

This week the PTA had an assembly for the 3rd - 5th grade children.

David Gonzalez joined us for a wonderful storytelling session called Witches, Trolls and Mischief Makers. During his presentation he told mythical stories about the classic struggle between good and evil.  Good always Wins!

Prismatic Magic came to Link to provide the children with a laser light show. 

The students participated in a 40-minute interactive laser adventure set to music. Students went on a Kindness Quest with an interactive voyage involving superheroes, a treasure map and an outer space robot. 

During the journey students meet a laser character named Max Bravado. Max makes education entertaining through puzzles, games and awesome optical illusions, all while on a kindness journey. The students enjoyed participating and singing all the music.