Fourth grade students came to their second session of Project Peace with research on hero/peacemakers Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Rosa Parks. Students voted as a class to start sketching on… Continue reading
During the final Project Peace session with first grade students, we made it our goal to brighten as many messages of peace as possible with different shades of blue.The students used sky blue,… Continue reading
Just as President Obama dedicated a statue of Rosa Parks to be placed in the Capital’s National Statuary Hall Collection, fifth grade students at Mills Lawn started a large scale contour drawing of… Continue reading
If you haven’t had a chance to check out the fantastic show, Art for Social Change, at the Yellow Springs Arts Council, it’s worth a visit! Project Peace has a display as well… Continue reading
Fourth and fifth grade students are focused on drawing self-portraits that celebrate their strengths and goals for being peacemakers. Starting with carefully drawn self-portraits, students are reflecting on their personality and ways that… Continue reading
Fourth and fifth grade students at Mills Lawn started self portraits using contour (simplified line or outline)drawings with words layered on top. Students will create these self-portraits with the goal… Continue reading
Mrs. Guest’s first grade students really put in their best effort dyeing and painting messages of peace on Tuesday. The results were stunning, and we had a fantastic time! Mrs. Slattery shared this… Continue reading
Project Peace YSAC Interactive Exhibit Recording 1 Project Peace Story 3 Click on each link above to listen to stories from YS community members. These stories were recorded at the opening of the… Continue reading
Second and third grade students have started designing their own peacemaker symbols, modeled after West African Adinkra Symbols. The symbols will be printed onto canvas as an inner border for each of the… Continue reading
Throughout the week Kindergarten students dyed and painted their fabric messages of peace and kindness lovely shades of blue! These messages will be tied to the outermost bamboo border of each of the… Continue reading
Today kindergarten students started adding color by dyeing and painting the fabric messages of kindness and peace. Mrs. Housh reviewed the power of using our words to stand up for ourselves and others.… Continue reading
Among the messages of kindness and peace from first grade students today was, “We are connected. Peace connects.” What a wonderful message of unity! Today we talked about developing empathy for others and… Continue reading
