SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL

Students in Emily Breithaupt’s floral design class, part of the Agriculture Science program, made floral arrangements for their final exercise for the class. Imagination was evident in each distinctive arrangement, with regard to theme, flower choice, the size of the arrangement and the container.

Jaimee Appel decided to use a colorful cowboy boot to put her arrangement in and coordinated the flowers with the boot’s colors.

Wyatt Billings turned his big yellow truck, once relegated to his backyard, into a floral arrangement.

Karina Morris, though it has been a lot of work, decided to make a large arrangement in a bucket for a special friend who has been helpful to her.

Austin Wagner used a glass mug and drinking straw to create a root beer float arrangement.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

The annual art show of Aspiring Artists and Promising Painters was held on June 2 in the library and featured original drawings, paintings and sculptors by kindergarten and fifth-grade students (see photos below).

Artists they learned about and drew inspiration from included Russian painter Vassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), Swiss painter Paul Klee (1879-1940), Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer Michelangelo (1475-1564), Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) and Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966).

The annual event is organized by teachers Rachel Oden and Stephanie Grotzke-Nash.

Judie Lawson’s first-graders are finishing up their last few days of the school year and reflecting on the past school year. Here are some of their thoughts of their learning and what they liked about school:

I liked making all of our art projects like the bunny, duck and reindeer. We had some fun math to do also. Francesca Bettiga

I liked making the ceramic frogs and I really liked lunch. I liked making tacos in class, too. Maddy Cogburn

I liked going to specialists, especially P.E. There’s lots of action and a lot of fun things to do. Gabriel Wakefield

I liked P.E. because there were a lot of fun things. I liked stretching. Running club was fun to do, too. Aeideon Crear

I learned that I should listen this year. The fun part was Mrs. Lawson reading stories to us. My favorite story was “Flat Stanley.” Keira Morey

I liked doing the math scrolls. I liked doing projects. The widemouth fish was my favorite. Brendan Kuh

I liked doing math. My favorite was to learn my numbers and doing the adding and subtracting. I am good at it. Frank Johnson

I liked going on the field trips. My favorite was going to Dr. Davies’ dental office. I can hardly wait for our next two. Evan Cisneros

I like to do the activities like coloring, making books. I like that we get to play outside and have fresh air. Jayden Avery

I like doing scrolls for math and the special math books. My favorite math book was adding three numbers. Sterling Rowland

I like to do fun things like coloring and math and reading. I like to make new friends. Johanna Beckerley

I like math. I liked the common core math. I liked doing the clocks with time. Ayla Adams

I like playing math games on the interactive board. I liked when we popped the balloons to see the problems. I liked writing stories, too. Izaiah Tuller

I liked learning math because you get write all kinds of different numbers and it is fun learning. I liked going to a specialist. My favorite was P.E. because you get to exercise and do a lot of different games. Lisa Williams

I liked going on the field trip to Dr. Davies’ dental office. I liked his horse that spit at us! I learned to brush my teeth twice a day and I am doing that every day. Olivia Collins

I like my teacher. She is nice and she lets us learn. I like to do the math scroll and the learning. I like doing art. Cienna Dolan

I liked doing art. My favorite was drawing the spider. I liked listening to chapter books. My favorites are the “Magic Treehouse” books. I liked taking Snoopy home on weekends. Gregory Fowler

I like reading, art and painting. My favorite is reading. My favorite story is “Hot Dog.” A’Ki-ya Anchetta

I like doing math and we can get our exercise in P.E. Samantha Box

I like field trips! My favorite was going to the fire station and seeing the fire trucks. I like playing math games. My favorite is counting games. Sienna Dahlquist

I like making friends. I like doing art. My favorite art was making spiders and all of them. I like playing math games. Sophia Lawson

I liked going on field trips. My favorite was going to the fire station. I liked seeing the fire trucks. Katie Burks

I liked science with Mr. H. I liked planting things: I just planted potato plants. Ferris Cobb

I like painting. I liked making the watercolor cat with Ms. Carrie. I liked drawing cats. I have two cats. I like the shells for sorting. Makayla Fox

This year a group of Sharle Osborne’s fourth-graders worked with parent volunteer Sonu Deol learning about other cultures in the world. They studied Spain and Mayhsa Deol even took a trip there this spring! They presented to the class about customs and major festivals and attractions. The group also studied Brazil, this year’s host to the World Cup. Their studies ended with learning about the diverse country of India, reporting to the class about fun festivals across the land. The girls were dressed in traditional attire and ended the presentation by dressing their teacher in a beautiful sari (above).

Stephanie Lancaster’s fourth-graders have been learning about Native Americans. We have dug deep into the cultures and history of different native groups, especially those indigenous to our area. Scott O’Dell’s popular book “Island of the Blue Dolphins” was a fitting selection that encompassed our studies. It is a historical fiction based on a native tribe that lived on an island off California’s rocky coast.

Group 4 (Logan Phipps, Aidyn Shingleton, Kaleb Cassidy and Olivia Owen):

If we were stranded on an island, we would first team up and cautiously search the land. We would most likely be worried. Then, we would search for water and get it from a lake, river, stream or spring. We would not get it from the ocean because it is not good to drink sea water because it has too much salt in it and it can make you sick. The next thing we would do is make some weapons. Since we have four people in our group, we could probably make some pretty good tools. We would try to make bows, arrows and spears.

After we had water and a way to protect ourselves, we would try to make a shelter. On the island we would look for washed up or fallen wood and bones.