Arts in the School Night

Jarem and Tessa had their "Arts in the School" Night on April 28th.  Obviously I am slow at posting this, but it was pretty neat.  All the halls are decorated with art work from the kids.  Each grade level was assigned a continent.  It is interesting how creative the teachers and children are.  The halls were all decked out with forests, etc.  They also have a program that night which features the Honor Choir and the 4th grade dancing.  This year, Tessa was part of both.  At the end of the dance portion, each 4th grader got to go pick a family member to dance the Cha Cha Slide with them.  Most of the kids chose a parent, but Tessa chose Jarem. I thought that was sweet of her.  Jarem was very excited, and I was happy NOT to show off my lack of dance skills.  Eric has had the most unlucky on-call nights the past few months.  It seems like they always end up on eventful nights and this was no exception.  Alex also had a game this night, so Jesikah and I were there to support them.

Below, Jarem and Tessa are dancing the Cha Cha Slide.

Below, the vice principal, Mrs. Camp, is dancing with her 4th grader, Clayton, doing the "how low can you go" part.  She was very embarrassed. :)

The next several pictures are of the Honor Choir.  I took a video and wanted to post it, but I couldn't get it to post.  Anyway, they sang 3 songs and they are really quite amazing.  Mr. Tesch does a great job with them.  This is a select group of 4th and 5th graders who are required to try-out at the beginning of the school year.  They go to school one hour early each Friday to rehearse.  Tessa has really enjoyed it this year.

Below are Tessa and Jarem's artwork.  Tessa's whole hallway was decorated like a rain forest.  Tessa painted the toucan on canvas.  We all helped a little, but she did most of it.  Jarem's continent was Australia.