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Continuing a long-standing tradition, Greenwood celebrated Martin Luther King Day as a Day of Service. This year, students collected and made food for area food cupboards and for area animal shelters.
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A favorite story of the Primary class this week was The Funny Little Woman, by Arlene Mosel. The story, set in Japan, led to student discussion about connections between many fairy tales and fables. For instance, some themes in this book show up in other stories: protagonists climbing into magical realms, food being magically produced, and nasty villains stealing magic items.
Primary students also learned more about Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. They found many connections between the men, including discrimination in both backgrounds and their adherence to non-violence.
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Greenwood Friends School held a community bake sale to benefit relief efforts for Haiti disaster victims. Many donations were bought by Greenwood students, staff, parents, and visitors to the school.
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Primary students worked with water color paints in art class. They used different strokes and mixed colors all for varying effects. Students also read winter-themed books, including Rose meets Mr. Wintergarten, The Reindeer Christmas and First Snow In the Woods.
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Intermediate and Middle School students began their studies of Asia by looking at various philosophies and lives of such notables as Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Buddha, and Indira Gandhi. Students studied the geography of Asia and also several religions that originated on the subcontinent. In gym class, students learned many yoga poses. In kitchen science, another link to Asia was explored: India’s “superfood”, lentils, was used in a recipe.
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Intermediate students reading Great Expectations arrived at the part where secrets are revealed and all pieces begin falling into place. Students reading The Family Under the Bridge contemplated what it might be like to be homeless this time of year while two other groups read very diverse books set in the same time period: World War II. Both groups learned a bit of background about the war including the German occupation of Norway and the London.
As part of their studies of the Middle Ages, students looked at life in a castle, viewed a PowerPoint about castle construction and how it changed over the years, and identified the many people who lived and worked inside the castle walls.
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Greenwood Friends School students in kindergarten, first, and second grades constructed snowflakes and read books about winter as the school’s holiday break approached. Some books were by professional authors, such as Madeline’s Christmas by Bemelmans, while some books were written and illustrated by the students themselves.
Inspired by Judith Viorst’s Alexander and the Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, students wrote and illustrated a page about their own horrible day. All the student pages were put together into the Primary Class’ Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Book.
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Students, parents, and friends gathered at the school for the Winter Concert. From the preschoolers singing “Jingle Bells” to fifth and sixth graders playing instruments, many songs celebrating the various winter holidays were played and sung. The program included a sing-along portion, with students and audience participating.
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