Summer Activities with Mrs. Edwards

Hello again!

Did you know that Grace Christian School is offering awesome summer camps this year? This is something new my husband and I are starting! I am so excited about our first summer camp coming up in just 1 week!


June 6th-10th I will be conducting a Drama Camp for students in Kindergarten through 7th grade!
This will truly be an unforgettable week as we work together at becoming wonderful actors and actresses! We are going to have so much fun performing, wearing costumes and makeup, filming commercials, and more! Throughout the week we will be practicing for our BIG SHOW which is our Friday performance in front of family and friends! If you are in the Huntington, WV area you are invited to attend this super-dee-duper camp!

Details:
  • Camp will meet 9am-12pm Monday through Friday
  • Campers must be registered the Friday before each camp begins.
  • Each camper will receive a very "dramatic" t-shirt!
  • Awards and certificates will be given out at the BIG SHOW!
  • Each camper must bring his/her own daily snack and drink.
  • Dress code- loose-fitting pants/jeans or knee-length shorts

Costs:
  • Non Day-Campers- $60
  • Registered Day Campers- $15
I will be offering several other camps and in-depth details will be coming later, but here is a brief summer schedule of the camps.

  • June 6th - 10th 9am-12pm: DRAMA CAMP
    • Open to students K5-7th grade
    • Non Day-Campers- $60
    • Registered Day-Campers- $15
  • June 20th - 24th 9am-12pm: ART CAMP
    • Open to students K5-3rd grade
    • Non Day-Campers- $60
    • Registered Day-Campers- $15
  • ALSO June 20th - 24th 9am-12pm: SOCCER CAMP
    • Open to students 4th-7th grade (boys and girls)
    • Non Day-Campers- $60
    • Registered Day-Campers- $15
  • July 11th - 15th 9am-12pm: ART CAMP II
    • Open to students 4th - 7th grades
    • Non Day-Campers- $60
    • Registered Day-Campers- $15
  • ALSO July 11th-15th 9am-12pm: SOCCER CAMP II
    • Open to students K5-3rd grades (boys and girls)
    • Non Day-Campers- $60
    • Registered Day-Campers- $15
  • July 18th-22nd 10am-12pm: CHEERLEADING CAMP
    • Open to girls in rising 4th-7th grades
    • Non Day-Campers- $45
    • Registered Day-Campers- $10
  • ALSO July 18th-22nd 1-3pm: TECHNOLOGY CAMP
    • Open to students 4th-7th grades
    • Non Day-Campers- $45
    • Registered Day-Campers- $10
Please note the time changes the week of July 18th-22nd. There is one camp in the morning and one camp in the afternoon (with a break in the middle for lunch!!). We hope you can make it out to these absolutely amazing camps! You will not regret it!

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The Beautiful and Shining Spring Art Show!!

Hi Art Friends!!

I finally got some time to update the blog! These past few weeks have been some crazy, crowded, and fun times! This week's post will feature the Spring Art Show held last Thursday night. It was an enchanting and beautiful time, and I really enjoyed watching the children run around and point out their artwork to their family. So sweet!!

 As you entered the lobby, these friendly (and symmetrical!) butterflies 
greeted you swinging from the ceiling!
 One of the biggest sections of our gallery was our Self-Portrait Mural. This featured every elementary student and teacher. It was a breath-taking (and sometimes humorous) presentation of our talent!
 These Mona Lisa Grid Designs were created by 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade art classes. Each member of the class got a square of paper, and a square of the original painting. They had to copy exactly what was on the square as best as they could. Then we put all the squares together to reveal the final result! The famous beauty: The Mona Lisa!
One of the most interesting exhibits was our gallery of clay pots. Each elementary student created and painted their very own pot. We used 3 different methods: Coil Pot, Pinch Pot, and Petal Pot. Several students mentioned that this was one of their very favorite lessons. I thought the results were stunning!

I really hope you enjoyed this very small representation of our awesome Art Show! To those who were able to attend, I hope you loved it as much as I did!! I look forward to the next show coming in December!! Thanks for all your support!

Mrs. Edwards

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Getting Ready for the Spring Art Show!!

I bet you are wondering what in the world GCS art students are doing!!

We have been very busy creating some amazing looking artwork for our Spring Art Show!! Our Spring Art Show will be open the night of the elementary concert on May 19 at 6:15. We held our very first art show back in December the night of the Christmas concert. I hope to continue to have a Christmas and Spring art show every year too! The students and their families really enjoy looking around at all the wonderful art projects. For our first show, each class made a Christmas quilt that was displayed along with several samples of projects we had worked on during that semester.


Since you are a dear and loved blog reader, I will fill you in on some of the exciting things you will see at the Spring Art Show. Last week and this week the students have made and will be painting clay pots. We learned about different techniques to create these pots and now we are going to paint beautiful designs on them! Another cool exhibit will be our wall of self-portraits. You will NOT want to miss this amazing display of each elementary student's self-portrait. You may also see some other famous GCS staff on the wall! Along with these two special exhibits, I will feature some of the exceptional pieces of artwork from weeks past that show all visitors what we have learned this semester.

I am looking definitely looking forward to the unveiling of our awesome clay pots and other artwork! Be sure to come to the BEST art show around!! Also, at 7:00 pm the elementary will put on a wonderful spring concert! It will be a fun and beautiful night for everyone!

I might put some sneak peeks of our pots on here since you are such a great group of blog-readers, so stay tuned for a special surprise later this week!! But you will have to come to the art show to see them in all of their glory!
Have a wonderful first week of May! (My birthday month!!)
Mrs. Edwards

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