Thank you, dear Reader, for sticking with me through all of this madness. We have been working so hard on this event for almost two months now, and it finally happened. The Chalk Art Competition was one part of the Lights on Afterschool two-day rally held in our area. My marketing 3 students helped plan and produce the chalk art competition. They were pretty pleased with the outcome even though there were only five entrants. Here is the winner:
My students and one of the signs they painted:
Notice how their shirts match the sign even though they didn’t get the shirts until the day of the event.
Although our event was held outside, the awards were given on the stage inside where the dance competition was happening. Here is the audience:
My students learned so much doing this project. Today we evaluated the whole process, getting our planning boards out to see how we did. It was obvious that we took off, going full speed; and we ended with a flurry of activity; but in the middle, we slumped. I think this is typical in any long term project so we discussed how we could counteract that slump, especially if we were working in the “real world.” It is my hope that years from now, my students will remember doing all of this and can use the lessons they learned.
Now, what are we going to do next?
6 responses so far ↓
certainabsurdity // October 23, 2009 at 9:23 pm |
You do so many cool things in your classes. This looks like a fantastic event!
dkzody // October 24, 2009 at 1:14 am |
I have to run so fast to keep up with all that we do. The kids come along for the ride! They think everyone lives like this.
lynnjake // October 25, 2009 at 1:24 am |
I think that if they did this again it would have more entrants. These things seem to grow once they become a regular thing. Kudos to you all.
dkzody // October 25, 2009 at 2:58 pm |
Funny you say that…the foundation director made comments to the kids like, “next year you should do…” And they would have to say, “we won’t be here next year. We’re seniors and this is our last year.” Same goes for their teacher!
MrsDoF // October 31, 2009 at 8:01 pm |
The winning chalk drawing was worthy. It’s beautiful.
Miss Jo // November 2, 2009 at 3:09 am |
Lessons from the chalk art competition will surely endure. A great community building exercise too. Public art, however fleeting, is so important too.