PACE, a new fundraising program!

We’ve added a new fundraising program, PACE, as one of our new fundraising programs this year. As a PACE member, you save 20% at hundreds of local participating restaurants and our school earns 5% on every purchase you make. PACE easily raises thousands of dollars for our school and rewards you at the same time. With over 200 participating businesses, your personal savings can be significant. There are no order forms to track, funds to collect, delivery schedules to meet, volunteer hours, or door-to-door sales. However, you do need to register!
Don’t pass up this opportunity to save hundreds of dollars while helping Bonny Slope raise thousands:

SIGN UP, SAVE & SUPPORT!

SAVE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS

• You save 20% on your first purchase at each and every PACE restaurant.
• You receive exclusive “Member Only” savings opportunities from PACE retailers throughout the year. Savings that can literally add up to hundreds of dollars.

OUR SCHOOL EARNS 5% ON EVERY PURCHASE

• The more you shop and dine at PACE businesses, the more our school raises!

HOW TO JOIN

• Register any Visa or MasterCard today at www.4pace.com or complete the registration form and mail in the envelope provided in the school packet that your child will bring home.
• Shop or dine at PACE businesses, pay your bill using the same registered credit card, and your member savings and school donations are automatic!
• Membership fee is $30 – of which $10 goes directly to support our school.

PRIZE PROGRAM

Register today and all of the Bonny Slope student(s) in your household automatically earn a 16 inch NASA Glow-in-the-Dark Earthball from OMSI! That’s all there is to it! Thank you in advance for taking the time to enroll in this great program.

On behalf of Bonny Slope PTO, thank you for all your support!

Back to School Family Picnic

Mark your calendars for our first family event of the school year! Our Back-to-School Picnic will be held on Thursday, September 10th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the field and playground behind the school. Bring your family’s picnic dinner and your blankets and chairs. The Bonny Slope Community Organization will provide cookies and lemonade. This is a great chance to meet Bonny Slope teachers and staff in an informal setting. We hope you can join us to celebrate the start of a great school year!

Field Day Fun!

Carrie Moore Summer Workshops

We loved the artwork that our Artist in Residence, Carrie Moore, did with the kids this year @ school and hope you did too! Interested in some fun art activities for this summer with Carrie? Click HERE to learn more about Carrie’s Summer Workshops!

Art Literacy: Focus on Navajo Weaving & the Art of Andrew Wyeth

In April, Bonny Slope students created a small weaving design by threading colorful ribbon in a single layer. The Navajo people are famous for creating color weaving using bold geometric shapes to create rugs and blankets. The Navajo people are the second-largest American Indian tribe in the U.S., after the Cherokee. The Navajo live in a reservation in the southwestern United States. Their reservation spans across New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado.

Anthropologists speculate that the Navajos learned to weave from Pueblo people by 1650. Pueblo Indians lived predominately in northern New Mexico and Arizona. The Spanish influenced Pueblo weaving by the time they shared their weaving skills with Navajo people. Spanish influence includes the substitution of wool for cotton, the introduction of indigo blue dye, and simple stripe patterning. While Pueblo weavers remained conservative, Navajo weavers learned that yarn did not need to be passed through each time, but rather, by stopping at whatever point they wished they could create patterning other than horizontal bands. These “pauses” in Navajo weaving are often seen as “lazy-lines” (diagonal lines across the horizontal yarn) in finished pieces. By 1800, weavers were using this technique to create terraced lines. Navajo weavers also demonstrated more willingness to use color than their Pueblo teachers.

The final artist Bonny Slope students will study this year is Andrew Wyeth. Wyeth was an American artist famous for his perfection of the dry brush technique. In watercolor painting, the dry brush technique is where the brush is just dipped in water and using a paper towel most of the paint is removed. The technique is used to create a variety of textured surfaces such as foliage, bark, stone, or clouds. Wyeth painted in both watercolor and tempera. Bonny Slope students will mirror Wyeth’s technique by creating a wonderful watercolor landscape.
Sources:

Navajo.” America the Beautiful. 2009. Grolier Online. 8 May 2009 http://atb.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?templatename=topics.html&assetid=atb093&assettype=t.

A Brief Social History of Navajo Weaving. www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa064.shtml Accessed 5/12/2009.  

Elzea, Rowland. “Wyeth, Andrew.” Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia. 2009. Grolier Online. 8 May 2009 http://gme.grolier.com/cgi-bin/article?assetid=0316200-0.

Did you miss Volunteer Appreciation last Friday?

On Friday, May 1st, the students and staff of Bonny Slope Elementary hosted a Volunteer Appreciation Assembly. The gymnasium was packed with parents and local community volunteers who have made Bonny Slope’s first year an amazing experience for everyone. In case you missed the assembly, we’ve captured a few video shorts for you to enjoy online.

Our principal, Kim Haskins and a student lead a poetic volunteer dedication.

For those of you who do or don’t know our wonderful Music Teacher, Clare Bourquein, you won’t want to miss watching this one! At the beginning of the year, during Bonny Slope’s Dedication Ceremony, Clare, along with the students of Bonny Slope performed this music compliation for the first time with a room packed full of parents and local community members. Once again, the power of this song is reflected with this photo montage dedicated to our volunteers accompanied by Clare’s music and reflections from students about our volunteer’s contributions this year.

Last but not least, if you haven’t had a chance to meet this year’s BSCO Board Members, Local School Committee Members and Site Council Members, you can see their recognition here.