Every week students are exploring a variety of academics, technology, and the arts. Please enjoy some of our favorite traditions and new traditions happening at Park Maitland.
GREEK FESTIVAL
Greek Fest is the culminating celebration of 6th grade students' study of the Ancient Greeks. Students choose a philosopher after reading about all the philosophers' accomplishments. They then research further and write a speech in 1st person about the chosen philosopher. Then the speech is memorized and presented, in character, to the fourth, fifth, and other sixth grade classes. Adorned with wreaths and togas it is a great learning experience for all. The Fest concludes with a meal of Greek food and, of course, the Kalamatiano traditional Greek dance. 

This year was particularly exceptional because of our outstanding parents. Ms. Jessica Ventura supervised the goddesses (parents) and cuisine. The AAC was made into an agora superbly decorated by Ms. Mari Kang, Ms. Aimee Nocero, and Ms. Tobin Baum. Entering the gym decorated with clouds on the way to Mt. Olympus, the philosophers performed with backdrops of Greek buildings, Greek mythological characters and more. They even provided goodie bags with hand decorated frames to remember the event.  Our students, with art teacher extraordinaire, Ms. Bonus even made a Trojan Horse, painted the School of Athens by Raphael, and The Death of Scrates by Jacque Louis David. 

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TINKERING LAB
Second grade Tinkering Lab students have been working hard the last few weeks before Thanksgiving break with Mrs. Trombley. Students researched, planned, and built their own prototype for the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Click on the video to view our first ever Thanksgiving Parade at Park Maitland!
MUSIC
The first week of December has started our holiday season with a bang. Our 6th grade students danced to classical holiday pieces from Pyotr llyich Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker - Russian Dance in Mr. Eleazer's music class.
LANGUAGE ARTS
The 5th Grade cross curricular Famous American research project has launched! Students have chosen their notable American, completed their background reading and developed their research questions in Mrs. Triano's Lanuage Arts class. They are off to a great start with their research notecards and timeline and will spend January and February developing their informative writing skills as they create their thesis statements and draft and edit their papers. We can not wait to highlight their work at our annual Wax Museum in March.