Posted November 16, 2021
Good afternoon Swigert Families,
Through Arts Integration, Swigert students are creating meaningful artwork that deepens their understanding of IB concepts. We are thrilled to see so many student art examples on the walls of our school and look forward to seeing others in the community in the months to come! Our goals of arts integration:
Click here to check out examples from each grade level!
Arts Integration highlight:
In fifth grade’s Where We Are In Place And Time unit, students explored the central Idea that movement shapes our world.
Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s, The Migration Series (pictured below), students created a series of art works representing key moments from a Refugee character’s migration story.
By choosing and representing significant events from their character’s journey (moments that particularly changed the character), students used art to address the unit’s essential questions:
What is the impact of human migration?
How did this journey change this character?
Juliet Biagi
Enjoy your time with your family, starting this Friday. We look forward to seeing everyone back, rested and ready to learn, on Monday, November 29th.
–This regular segment will feature an activity you can do with your child to reinforce International Mindedness learning at home and to take action!–
IB states: “An internationally minded person is open-minded about the common humanity of all people and accepts and respects other cultures and beliefs. The internationally minded person takes action through discussion and collaboration to help build a better and peaceful world.”
As we know, the Swigert Learner Profile attributes help to develop international mindedness!
Review the Learner Profile here (kid-friendly resource): Kid Friendly Learner Profile Descriptors
Play Learner Profile BINGO with your child this month! Click here for the BINGO game boards.
Enter our Learner Profile BINGO raffle:
Complete the BINGO game board for Home/Family, Community, Country or World by December 1. When you’ve completed your BINGO game board: send an e-mail with the following information to caroline_dane@dpsk12.org to be entered into a raffle for a fun prize:
E-mail subject: BINGO Raffle
Your child’s name, grade and teacher
The BINGO game board you completed (Home/Family, Community, Country or World)
Are you interested in joining the Planting Seeds Committee? We are looking for parents, caregivers and staff to help with a variety of roles:
Please fill out this Google form if you are interested.
Thank you!
The Lunch menu is continuing to change based on availability, so we will keep you as updated as much as possible.
The menu for the rest of this week is:
Wed 11/17: Thanksgiving Meal* OR Vegetarian Thanksgiving Meal* see below for description
Thu 11/18: Cheesy Breadstick OR Bean and Cheese Burrito OR Yogurt Basket
Fri 11/19: No School
The menu for the week after Break is:
Mon 11/29: Pancakes & Chicken Sausage OR Pancakes & Scrambled Eggs OR PB&J
Tue 11/30: Beef Taco OR Charro Beans & Rice OR Yogurt Basket w/Blueberry Muffin
Wed 12/1: Country Chicken Bowl OR PB&J
Thu 12/2: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce OR Spaghetti Marinara OR Yogurt Basket w/Blueberry Muffin
Fri 12/3: Chicken Quesadilla OR Cheese Quesadilla OR PB&J
If your child has a peanut allergy and needs Wow butter (or other food allergy that requires accommodation), please be sure you’ve completed the attached Meal Modification Form. Food & Nutrition Services requires this form even if you have an allergy/anaphylaxis form on file with the nurse. You can return the form to our kitchen manager or the front office.
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