When I was in Lower
School, I always admired and looked up to the Upper School kids. I could not
wait until the day I would step into the next building over and be one of them.
Everyone would anticipate the days when there would be collaboration between
the two schools. Mrs. Ritz, the best Upper School art teacher (no bias),
decided to create one of these days for the 4th graders to
collaborate in a creative way with the 10th and 11th
grade honors sculpture art classes
On the hunt for building materials. |
We started the day
getting to know the 4th graders. The creative challenge was to fit
the entire team in a fort made up of only resources from the forest space. The
kids gathered large sticks as the base of the structure. We worked with them to
decide what the structure would look like but the decision was ultimately their
own. We assisted them when we were asked but mainly we wanted them to figure
out how to solve problems. Our structure, again, not bias, was the best out of
all the groups. The day was a huge success as the Upper School kids joined
forces with the 4th graders to create a fortress built from
imagination, creativity and nature.
~ Josh F. '18
Josh and friends proudly display their fort. |