Blooming Flowers, Art, and a Special Award

The trees around our school are in full bloom reminding us that spring break is on the way! I like to think that there is always something blooming at Casey-- minds, hopes, creativity, art, and community.

Mrs. Chicosky's students used colors and shapes to create this beautiful sunflower garden that is posted just outside the second courtyard in which parents and students started a vegetable garden last summer. Parents and teachers hope to get the garden growing again soon!

With district 9 weeks testing underway, the JumpstART project was limited to Mrs. Pepper's class today. Students joined the artists in the hallway to piece together their mosaics from glass and mirrors. Grouting will take place next.

Photos from in and around Casey on Thursday, March 5, and Friday, March 6, 2009

Congratulations to Mr. Howell, Casey Arts Facilitator and Drama Instructor, for being named the Thad Cochran Distinguished Arts Educator for Arts Integration by the The Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education. Mr. Howell will be recognized at a special luncheon at the MSU Riley Center in Meridian, Mississippi, on April 2, 2009. Please join me in expressing our joy to Mr. Howell for this special honor!