Coach's Corner . . .
Welcome to the web page for the Arts and P.E. at Ebert. Where kids
learn to have fun, play hard, and view the world with artistic vision.
A Collection of Art Projects
Studying Calder and wire sculpture
This is a project studying Alexander Calder and wire sculpture. Parents and visiting artists Bob Pietruski and Ann Flemming presented this study block. (Parent volunteers are an integral part of Art and Physical Education here at Polaris.)
Ann Flemming is a Botanical Artist and shows her work nationally. Ann has worked for the past couple of years as the Para/artist in residence, for the “visual art team”.
At Polaris the specials are well integrated into the curriculum by design. Our principal, Dr. Howard understands and supports the arts as a tool in achieving high level thinking! And hey, it makes the learning process engaging and fun.
The third grade “Tempest Installation Project”.
Polaris students creating artistic interpretations of William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”.
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are choral made.
Those are pearls that were his eyes;
Nothing of him that doth fade,
But doth suffer a sea change.
Into something rich and strange.
Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell,
Hark, now I hear them,
Ding -dong, ding-dong, ding-dong bell.
The sails of the boats are an integration with the third grade classroom studies in math extensions. Students use number extensions that visually reflect the overlaping imagery of Jasper Johns “Numbers” series
This is the final installation of the third grade student's work, at the St. Elizabeth's Church. (We like doing outreach work in our community!)
The D.P.S. Visual Art Department has provided a wonderful text book curriculum for the district. We use the text as our frame work and then work with classroom teachers to create an integrated art program here at Polaris.
We use "banner projects" that are grade specific. The children look forward to these projects as "coming of age events", if you will.
Mask making is an important tool toward self realization!
Fifth graders study the boxes of Lucas Sumaris and create their own metaphors about themselves. The mask on the outside of the box represents the physical self, and the contents of the box represents the thought process or mind
This is a fourth grade project out of the curriculum called Mechanimals, obviously a crowd favorite
Here is one of our proud kindergarten students and her alphabet book. This project includes collage and drawing a self portrait, and designing an alphabet (lower and upper case) using a geometric shapes template.
Kids love clay work!
School lunches never looked so good! If you haven't seen the ceramic columns Vicky Smith (our parent/ceramic artist) and her clay club installed in front of our school, check them out they are spectacular!
Each year we have a Polaris T-shirt design competition for our fifth graders. These are the 2006/2007 winners, front and back!.
A Collection of Physical Education Activities
I integrate the D.P.S. curriculum standards with a variety of text book reference for developing games and activities for P.E. at Polaris. The kids and I like to invent or alter games as well. I think creativity is an important aspect of P.E.! Our focus is to make exercise and game playing fun!
Team building is a focus in our classes. Team building aids in creating a healthy school community.
Developing fine and gross motor skills is important to the development of our body.
Parents volunteers and guests help bring variety and experience to our P.E. classes and after and before school program's. Ricky Herrada has taught hip hop classes. Tabatha Manresa helps coach our jump roping team. Chris Takagi is a soccer aficionado. Dwayne Wilson coached our 2006/2007 competitive basketball team.
One of our first major budget expenditures was a climbing wall. Is physical activity important to a quality learning environment? We think so!
Some of the activities you might see before, during, or after school; Alligator alley, doccer, Nascar tire relay, Quidditch, bowling, Frisbee golf, wiffle golf basics, flag tag, four square, teatherball, cup stacking, kick ball, volleyball with beach balls, stranger awareness, softball, football, scoop ball, soccer, basketball, jogging, yoga, juggling, marbles, jacks, hop scotch, battle star, obstacle coarse adventure, tai chi, and tai kwan do. (to name a few)
Feel free to stop by anytime to share your thoughts, ideas, or just to play!
Coach (Danny Mey)