On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, all fourth grade students in Region One went to the Hotchkiss School to participate in an entire day of the arts. The day’s purpose was to enlighten students and heighten awareness about the importance of the arts in education and in our lives.
Students attended three showcase performances, Locomotion, A Character Workshop with Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, and New England Percussion.
“Leslie Carrara-Rudolph had amazing voices and sound effects!”
“We learned with New England Percussion that you make music with anything!”
“Science and dance - wow!”
Students participated in two workshops during the day in
Dance
“Really good dance moves.”
“Making your own dance was cool.”
Music
“The teachers and moms even danced and sang.”
Visual Arts
“We could do anything and it was our own art.”
“It was great learning about something new.”
Drama
“The black box was the best. A fun, exciting, awesome teacher.”
Students and teachers had numerous opportunities to be creative, and to work cooperatively with students from other schools.
“The Hotchkiss artwork was awesome!”
Thank you to the Arts Fund for Region One for funding this wonderful day!
“I want to go again!” “Art can be whatever I want it to be.”
“It was like magic!”
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Kent Center School 9 Judd Avenue,
P.O. Box 219, Kent CT 06757 860-927-3537
