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We are all stuck at home! In this packet you will find resources for fun activities and art projects that you can enjoy with very simple supplies.

Enjoy your time off, stay healthy and make art!

File: Art Resources for K-8.pdf

While we’re practicing social distancing and working on getting through the pandemic together, here’s a reading list to stave off potential boredom. If you’re in:

• Kindergarten – 2nd-grade, take a look at this Extended Break Reading List (K-2),
• Third–, Fourth–, and Fifth-Graders, put your eyeballs on these: Extended Break Reading List (3-5),
• And finally, for Middle-Schoolers, lay your gaze on these titles: Extended Break Reading List (6–8).

Have a good (unplanned) break, stay safe, and we’ll see each other soon.

The band is back! Join us for a night out at The Promontory on Thursday January 31, 2019 from 6-8 pm featuring a performance by We, Unity Candle – Ray parent Nate Bakkum’s incredible band!

Child care (for ages 5+) will be provided by Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (HPNC) from 5:45-8:30 pm for $20/child + $10/sibling, including dinner and fun! Please note that the day following the event, Friday Feb 1, is a non-attendance day for students. All children must be registered with HPNC by 5 pm on January 31st.

All proceeds from the event benefit the Friends of Ray School PTO, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supporting the students and staff of Ray Elementary.

• $40 Advance Ticket
• $45 At-the-Door Ticket
• $25 for Ray Staff 

Additional information can be found here.

The fourth-block of Visual Art classes begin today. Classes include the following:

• Kindergarten (Room 101),
• Third-Grades (Rooms 202 and 204),
• Fourth-Grade (Room 206),
• Fifth-Grade (Room 315),
• and a pair of Middle-School cohorts.

Students will engage in a variety of mediums, including collage, ceramics, finger-painting, and color-mixing. Moreover, our middle-schoolers will continue working with teaching artists from the Hyde Park Art Center.

While you’re on the beach and sipping lemonades this summer, here’s a few lists of books you can look through. If you’re in:

• Kindergarten – 2nd-grade, take a look at this Summer Reading List (K-2),
• Third–, Fourth–, and Fifth-Graders, put your eyeballs on these: Summer Reading List (3-5),
• And finally, for Middle-Schoolers, lay your gaze on these titles: Summer Reading List (6–8).

Have a good summer; see you in the fall.

We are having a roller skating party to raise funds to offset costs for this year’s 8th-grade graduation activities! Please join us on May 20th from 12:30-3:30 pm at The Rink located at 1122 E 87th Street. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 (cash) at the door. Price includes the skate rental.

Pay online with a credit card or complete this form and return the top portion with cash payment to your student’s teacher.

If you have questions, please email Jennifer Williams  or call or text Kimberly O’Shields at (312) 846-0284. We hope to see you there!

The schedule for the 7th-Block has been posted! For the next five (5) weeks, 1st, 3rd, 4th, and Middle-School will have Art class. You can download a copy of the schedule here: https://bit.ly/2HwwX4P.

Attention Students in Cohort III – your second Sketchbook Assignments are due this Monday, March 19th. Please turn them in during Art class or leave them in my mailbox (Room 503) before 3:45pm on Monday. I’m looking forward to seeing your drawings.

A few things to keep in mind:

• Use pencils. No markers or crayons …and definitely no ink pens.
• Fill the entire page. Be brave, draw big! Fill the entire page.
• Spend 20–60 minutes with your drawing. You won’t get full credit for 5-minutes of scribbling.
• I’m not interested in how “good” your drawing is. Show me effort!

If you misplaced your “Sketchbook Ideas” handout, you can get a new copy here.

Listen up, middle-schoolers. During the 2nd-quarter, we’ll have a sketchbook homework assignment each week. Sketchbooks will be distributed during the first class of the week, and are due back at the end o the week. Easy enough, right?

If you misplaced your “Sketchbook Ideas” handout, you can get a new copy here.

A few things to keep in mind:

• Don’t use ink. Only pencil drawings will be accepted.
• Fill the entire page. Be brave, draw big!
• Take your time – nobody has ever gotten good at something by not trying. Spend the time and get better at drawing!
• Add details. Everybody knows stick figures are boring; make your sketches interesting by adding details.
• Relax, it’s just drawing. Have fun with it.