Kids Love Musicals, Art Therapy & Valentine's Parties

Our awesome Horace Mann PTA made a lot of magic happen here at school this week.  The beginning of the week featured Kids Love Musicals, an opportunity for our KG - 3rd grade students to perform songs from favorite shows such as The Jungle Book.  Songs, choreography and costumes are all used to bring the shows to life for students.  Big thanks to our Artist-in-Residence, Molly,to the PTA Volunteers who helped Molly and HMES music teacher Mr. Aaron Waryk with the whole operation!  Double thanks to PTA who funds the whole experience each year!

Music and movement took center stage mid-week, too.  Courtesy of a Horace Mann PTA grant--and the efforts of Intervention Specialist Mrs. Cristina Smith--Creative Arts Therapies at The Beck Center sends a music therapist to HMES to provide wonderful experiences for our students with moderate-to-intensive disabilities.  This week, parents and other special guests were invited to watch students sing, play instruments and have sensory/music experiences as they do during the weekly sessions.  A good time was had by all!





















The week closed with an old favorite that made its return at Horace Mann for the first time in years: classroom Valentine's parties.  PTA room parents provided a small treat and age-appropriate activities for students--in addition to the tradition of passing out valentines to classmates.  Friendship and fun were bountiful on all three floors of our beautiful school!

Thank you, Horace Mann PTA and everyone else who made this a full and fantastic week in February!