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I have the unique opportunity to be part and parcel of 5 school communities / cultures. Even though schools are public space they tend to be pretty insular in nature: in fact they are probably some of the least public places you’ll encounter in that if you’re not directly connected to the school in some way there is very little chance you’ll ever visit.

So much wonderful art takes place in my schools that I wanted to give my community at large an opportunity to see some of it, so I’ve started sending out an end of the year digest with a few highlights. Below is what I sent out at the end of this school year. We had just come together to perform the Waka Waka at Young at Art, so harnessing that collective spirit felt good / right / appropriate.

To: Argonne, Longfellow, Monroe, John Muir, Cesar Chavez.

Hello All,

I was going to send out a 2011-2012 digest to every school, with a few highlights from the year…. and then I thought, since we are all a Waka Waka-ed community now, why I don’t I just send one digest out to all the schools I work with? That way everyone will have the same opportunity that I have - to get to see all of the wonderful art that’s happening in five schools across the district.

Below are a few highlights from the year. If you have time and feel so inclined, there is much more documented at (Artists in the Classroom (11-12)) - feel free to peruse at your leisure. I also just posted a lot of the visual art that I documented at the Young at Art exhibits. If you’d like to use any of the media you see, just let me know and I can send you the files (it’s all media released ie. I have media releases on file for the all the students who are identifiable in footage).

Argonne:
•Argonne Elementary: Ms. Dere’s Class Dancing the Waka Waka
•Argonne: 4th Grade Picasso Inspired Self Portraits

Longfellow:
•Longfellow: All-School “Waka Waka” opening Jump Rope for Heart
•Longfellow: A 4th & 5th Grade Origami Collaborative - Paper Cranes

Monroe:
•Monroe Elementary: 4th grade: Oil Pastels, Watercolor & Sgraffito Sticks
•Monroe: 4th grade: Warm and cool color oil pastels

John Muir:
•John Muir: 2nd & 3rd Grade Waka Waka Performance
•John Muir: 5th Grade Self Portraits

Cesar Chavez:
•Cesar Chavez: Our first rehearsal of The Chuni Dance
•Cesar Chavez: 1st Grade Self Portraits

Young At Art 2012:
•5 School Waka Waka @ Young at Art 2012

Many thanks to the 5 wonderful communities I work with - thank you for your support, inspiration, and for teaching me so much about the learning and teaching process.

Have a restful and rejuvenating summer! :)

namaste
jakey

Cesar Chavez 5th Graders featured in SF Chronicle Article!:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/26/BALQ1OO2VM.DTL

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Photos by Kevin Johnson / The Chronicle

Below is a cut and pasted version of the article:

Maria Moreno, 11, clasps her hands as she performs the “Waka Waka” dance at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco on Friday. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Parents from Cesar Chavez Elementary school in San Francisco snap pictures of their children on Friday, the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Left to right: Erin Tores, 10, Michelle Ridegez, 10, Jessica Molina, 11 and Estefany Villanueva, 10, sit on a bench at the Cesar Chavez Elementary school playground on Friday during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

5th grader Tanya Aguilar, 10, performs the “Waka Waka” dance on Friday at Cesar Chavez Elementary during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

K-5 students at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco leap into the air as the perform the “Waka Waka” dance on Friday during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Elementary school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary give emotional goodbyes on Friday during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

5th graders Nayeli Martinez, 10 (L) and Tanya Aguilar, 10 (R), perform the “Waka Waka” dance at Cesar Chavez Elementary school in San Francisco on Friday during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Hundreds of K-5 students at Cesar Chavez Elementary perform a “Waka Waka” dance in front of a large mural during the last day of school on Friday. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

K-5 students from Cesar Chavez Elementary hold hands as they perform the “Waka Waka” dance during the last day of school on Friday. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

5th grader Tanya Aguilar, 10, performs the “Waka Waka” dance on Friday at Cesar Chavez Elementary during the last day of school. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Tanya Aguilar, 10 (L) and Nayeli Martinez, 10 (R), rotate around each other while holding hands as they perform the “Waka Waka” dance at Cesar Chavez Elementary School in San Francisco on Friday. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Cesar Chavez Elementary school students use magic markers to write messages on each others shirts during the last day of school on Friday. Hundreds of grade school students from Cesar Chavez Elementary School celebrated the end of the school year at their campus in San Francisco on Friday and performed a “Waka Waka” Dance in the school’s playground.

Photos by Kevin Johnson / The Chronicle