May 2018

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This edition includes: Exemplary Arts School Designation for King Arts Kindergarten Arts Share Summer Reading Hat Optional Friday Results Battle of the Books Little Free Libraries coming soon Stories Alive 2018 Evanston Made Experimental Video Showcase Music News Thanks PTA!

King Arts receives Exemplary School Designation from Arts Schools Network

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We are happy to share the news that Kings Arts has earned the Exemplary Arts School designation from the National Arts Schools Network. This is a 5 year designation that we have been awarded after submitting a rigorous application that strategically evaluated and highlighted our purposes, operations and educational programs in the Arts and beyond. Our school will be honored to receive this distinction at the 2018 Arts Schools Network national conference in Orange County, California on Friday, October 26th. We will give you all more information about this distinction in the Fall.  Go, King Arts….always growing!!!!

Kindergarten Arts Share

Giraffe's Can't Dance Our Kindergarten students danced, acted and sang during our arts share which was based on the picture book Giraffes Can't Dance which is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe than you would think. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from a friend. The students also created a beautiful backdrop in visual art class.

Summer Reading

Click Above for the 2018 Summer Reading lists for grade K-2 and 3-5. Click below for information on Summer Reading at your local library. Summer Reading @ Skokie Public Library Summer Reading @ Evanston Public Library

Hat Optional Friday Results

HAT OPTIONAL FRIDAY RESULTS This year the King Arts community raised over $700 for our library with Hat Optional Friday donations!!! Thank you so much for participating. Every dollar goes toward the purchase of student requested titles for our library. Our final Hat Optional Friday of this school year will be JUNE 1st .

Battle of the Books

Congratulations to our 2018 Battle of the Books winning team, "READING ROCKS"! "Reading Rocks" is made up of Isaac Peng, Emmett Sehgal, and Saheli Goel. This team went on to represent King Arts at the D65 competition. We are so very proud of them and all of their hard work.

Little Free Libraries

"Little Free Libraries" - Coming Soon to King Arts

King Arts 8th Graders are working with Ms. Vega to complete our new "Little Free Libraries" before summer break. There will soon be a "Little Free Library" on each side of the building. A Little Free Library is a “take a book, return a book” free book exchange. Anyone may take a book or bring a book to share. A special thank you to King Arts parent, Candace Shakur for bringing this great idea to fruition at King Arts.

Stories Alive 2018

Congratulations to all of the authors whose work was chosen for the 12th annual Stories Alive performance. The 7th grade Drama ensemble acted out 17 stories and poems written by students in the King Arts Community. Click here to see the program

YEA Festival Highlights

On May 19th the King Arts students had their artwork displayed at the YEA art festival. The King Arts choir and Rock On-semble performed also. Here are some pictures from this wonderful event. 7th and 8th grade Mosaics and Mazes 3rd grade Fish "swimming" in the grass

4th Grade Art on Display 1st Grade Fish "flying" in the trees

Middle School Art on display

Evanston Made Video Showcase

Congrats! to the following students whose work has been selected for the 2018 Experimental Video Showcase as part of Evanston Made which is FREE and open to the public Ben Butler Finn Hamann Sophia Lindsey Faith Johnson Josie Macek Javon Tzul Outdoor Screening Friday, June 1 from 8-9 pm Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street, Parking Lot Indoor Screening Screening: Tuesday, June 26 - 7-7:30 pm Q&A with the District 65 filmmakers: - 7:30-8 pm

MUSIC • New Bass Guitars & YEA Festival

A huge "Thanks" to our PTA for helping us purchase 2 new acoustic bass guitars for the music room. These basses are short-scale, which means they are about the same size as a standard 6-string guitar – small enough for most King Arts students to play comfortably.

The First and Second Grade Choirs wrapped up the year with a beautiful performance at this years YEA Festival, at Raymond Park . The students sang three songs, "Star Cannon," Consider Yourself," and "Change the World." Rock On-Semble followed Mr. P's Choruses with a rousing 4-song set!

Thank You PTA!

Thank you to the PTA for their generous support for King Arts students and programs. This year we purchased LED lighting for the stage. We now have 2 light trees and 4 LED lights. We tried them out for the Talent Show--students and teachers looked great! Thank you to John Holmes (alumni) and his apprentices; Henry V., Cadel S. and Henry G. We also got one more platform/stair unit for our performances.