Mrs. K's Blog

Wednesday, April 28, was Kaleidoscope Day. Our school celebrated by going to the Cummer Museum of Art. The day was filled with fun activities like sketching, painting, and sculpting. The beautiful museum contains a hands-on gallery and a magnificent garden with blossoming flowers throughout. The museum also has  a painting room where we painted abstract drawings. In the clay room, we sculpted  birds of our choice. We also sat with a very interesting man who played exotic instruments such as the thumb piano, the bongos, and a Cora.  After we ate lunch, we left. Then back at school, the PTA arranged an assembly with a magician. This entertainment capped off a great Kaleidoscope Day. Thanks to the PTA and Ms. Susan Dubow for arranging this wonderful day that all students very much enjoyed!

Reflections on this morning…

by Jacob

Today, we learned and interacted with Muslims. I personally was amazed about how similar we are. I have met Muslims before, but never a child. This helped me realize that they are not evil people. All of my life, people I know have been stereotyping Muslims as terrorists. This made me think of what the children in Iran think of us. They grow up in a community with hatred yet,these manipulated children don’t know why they hate us. Today these Muslims showed me that times are changing and we can relate more. Though I don’t see many acts of anti-semitism anymore, I believe a way to stop hatred is for us to open up and talk; to get to know each other. If a group of Muslims from Iran skype with a group of Jews from Israel, we might find change. Hopefully, technology can bring us together so we can see the good and the similarities in each other, instead of the differences.