A Beautiful Day!

Friends started their morning off with Morning Meeting and a Moment of Silence. Next, we headed into Choice Time! 

Friends choices were making beautiful beaded necklaces...

other friends painted on the easel...

some friends built skyscrapers out of magnatiles...

other friends built winding railroads that twisted and turned around the magnatile skyscrapers!

One friend even discovered that if you mix red and white paint that it makes pink!

A group of friends pretended that their baby was sick and the only way to cure her was to pile up lots and lots of books!

To finish up our morning we headed outside to enjoy a little bit of fun in the sun!

Winterfest 2013

This week we had the wonderful opportunity to participate in yet another successful Winterfest program. This is a traditional event in which our whole AFS community comes together to bring to light the many holidays that the winter season brings. From our youngest members of 3 and 4 year olds to the seniors, staff and faculty everyone sat together and joined in this All-School event.

We “conga” our way down the halls as we headed towards the celebration. 

As we walked in silence into this amazing decorative space we were greeted by smiling faces of Upper and Middle School students and the sounds of a harp being played by an Upper School student. 

Each Lower School grade gets the opportunity to contribute their decorative craft. The Cardinals were invited to create an ornament for the Christmas tree and thus watercolor snowflakes were made. Upon entering the Winterfest space, we were escorted to the Christmas tree and each of us hung our snowflake.

It was an hour of gathering in singing, dancing, reciting poems, dramatic play, and decorating a Christmas tree, a Kwanzaa table, and a Hanukkah table too.  The Upper School orchestra led us into a sing-along of holiday songs such as Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls, Hanukah Oh Hanukah, My Little Dreydl, This Little Light of Mine, Peace Round, and Siyahumba. What a funtastic time we had!