Today, millions of people will celebrate Lunar New Year all across the globe! As part of their geography unit on culture, 3rd graders explored Lunar New Year customs from different countries in Asia, and even in big cities across America. They listened to traditional Korean stories during reading class and Ms. Dragotta wore her traditional hanbok. They researched cultural aspects of Lunar New Year, produced cultural artifacts such as red lanterns, Nian the dragon, and Chinese drums, and performed a Chinese New Year parade and lion dance for kindergarteners and 1st graders. Finally, they presented the red envelope gifts from Ms. Earl to the younger students. Gong Hei Fat Choi!
This week our first graders had a great time with Cody Mathews as he join us for as an artist in residence. Cody is a photographer and educator with over a decade of experience in the classroom. They learned about and incorporated the basic fundamentals of photography to better understand light and its effects on different objects. Students started by creating “cameraless photos” in order to understand how to approach creating an image. They made sun prints as we went back to the days of film photography and hunted around the room with our iPads to find photos with different lighting effects. On our last day we took instant portraits of partners and even designed the frame to put it in. All throughout the week students worked as partners or in groups to direct and pose subjects in order to learn what it’s like together on a photo shoot. Thank you Mr. Mathews our chameleons are lucky to have this experience with you!
As National School Counselors week wraps up we want to give our AMAZING school counselor, Ms. Knight a huge shout out! We are so lucky to have her here at HHA. She is always willing to jump in and help. She teaches the greatest lessons; and this year she brought the Terrific Kids program to Howe Hall. Lets hear it for Ms. Knight!
Today our Chameleons got to listen to a great performance! Brass musicians from the Charleston Symphony came to HHA to educate the 4th and 5th grade students on playing brass instruments. Mrs. Liebenow has been teaching about instruments and instrument families in music class. These professionals were amazing and really entertained and educated our students.
Our school counselors help our students succeed and always make a positive difference in our schools! Take a moment to thank a school counselor this week for National School Counseling Week! #NSCW24 #makingapositivedifference
Way to go, Fifth Grade! You were AMAZING!
Congratulations to our 2024 Teacher of the Year Mrs. Irimescu! Mrs. Irimescu is our Art teacher and serves students K-5. Her creativity and passion for the arts creates an incredible learning environment for all our students! She always blows us away when creating the sets for our shows. We are so lucky to have Mrs. I at HHA.
Today we got to see 5th grade’s production of Newsies Jr. It was the best and super fun to watch. Thank you to our fine arts teachers, our 5th grade teachers, and 5th grade students for all their hard work! We hope everyone can come out and see the show tomorrow night at 7pm at Goose Creek High School.
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Our teachers are LOVED! Dozens of our students asked to fill out thank you cards for their teachers tonight while we were at the SC Stingrays game!
We had the best time at the BCSD Family Engagement Summit yesterday! Our AIMS Dance Company had an incredible performance! And we got an amazing sneak peek of our 5th grade performance Newsies Junior. Thank you to everyone who came out to support our Chameleons.
Please join us in congratulating our three Teacher of the Year finalists, Mrs. Dragotta, Mrs. Irimescu and Mrs. Harrelson . These three teachers go above and beyond for their students and our school. Thank you to all you do!
On Thursday we celebrated our Terrific Kids for the month of January! These Terrific Kids were chosen by their peers and teachers for their amazing character trait of Self-Discipline. Thank you to our wonderful PTA for providing this month's treat. Congratulations to our TERRIFIC Chameleons for January!
We had another great artist in residence last week with our 3rd graders and Cat Brantley from Sister Moon. They mapped the spread of indigo across the earth, and its impact on many cultures throughout history. They also explored the climates and abiotic factors that indigo needs to thrive. Finally, students were able to create their own indigo dyed masterpiece! We are so thankful to Cat Brantley and our 3rd grade team for this experience!!
Don't forget there is still time to donate to help our school! We are so grateful for how our school community stepped up this past week to help HHA! Chameleons are the best!
WE DID IT CHAMELEONS! We had the best fun run ever!!!! There is still time to donate on mybooster.com and help our school! Thank you to everyone who braved this chilly day to cheer us on! BOOSTER OUT!
TODAY IS FUN RUN DAY! And we could not have done this without our incredible business sponsor! Thank you so much for supporting our school!
Chameleons! Tomorrow is our fun run! Tonight is the last night to get donations before our run. The class that earns the most donations tonight will get the ultimate recess kit! We can't wait for our fun run!!! Thanks for helping our school!
HHA Students have another awesome challenge for tonight! The class that earns the most donations tonight will get to MUMMIFY A BOOSTER TEAM MEMBER. We are so close to our fun run!!! Keep up the good work! We are so thankful for how our chameleons are supporting our school!
Howe Hall AIMS we have another super fun challenge tonight! The class that earns the most donations tonight will get to PIE A BOOSTER TEAM MEMBER IN THE FACE!!! Three days until our Fun Run!!! Thanks for helping our school!
