#MyAmesbury #MySparhawk

Our small, but thriving town is getting some much needed publicity right now!  Amesbury has always been "that little engine that could", but it could be on the tipping point of something greater.  The Small Business Revolution seeks out America;s most inspiring small towns, giving the winners $500,000 revitalization and features the transformation on their TV series.  Amesbury is a finalist!

Take a moment to share via social media what you love about your Amesbury, perhaps including what makes Sparhawk so special to you.  Make sure to tag #MyAmesbury and #MySparhawk so we can share in the love!

Graphic Learning 

We know that a child's development of emergent literacy skills begins early in life- as does the ability to represent physical characteristics in artwork.  Just as children are learning to view and understand graphic elements in their surroundings, they are also learning to understand the graphic elements necessary to create patterns of letters.  

The Pre-k students were inspired to create multimedia faces after reading the book Faces by David Goodman and Zoe Miller. Students are challenged with taking a variety of tactile elements and combining them to create a legible face- much as they would create letter forms.  The more advanced a child becomes, typically the more detail is expresses in a face or figure.  

Sparhawk parent, Damion Silver, joined two different classrooms to share his knowledge of shoe design and printmaking.  Damion is the Director of Mens footwear design at Converse and is a working artist as well.  First, Damion visited the middle school students showing them the many components of various sneakers giving them a hands on practica for their final Parkour Challenge deliverables.

Next, Damion made his way to the lower school to teach the upper elementary students about print making. The students had the opportunity to print with Damion's actual blocks and learned about composition and other valuable artistic lessons.  To learn more about Damion's artwork click here.

We love to have parents volunteer in or classrooms- if you are interested in sharing your expertise, please contact your school Director!

MIAA Student Ambassadors

Sparhawk students join the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association ambassador program. The program helps students who are already leaders in their community learn to plan and execute community service programs for their school. Initiatives include drives, fundraisers, service opportunities and any other community service engagements. Our students came back with fresh ideas and have been busy developing a plan to put in place for this year.