Art As Expression

The day their principal had his last chemo treatment, all the students in the school made signs of encouragement and waited on the sidewalk for him to drive past. It was really moving for me to see every single student standing out in the cold without any incentive other than putting a smile on their principal's face.

The student's were really invested in the whole thing too. I wasn't there to see them actually make their signs, but it was obvious that they'd spent a lot of time and effort on them. It was great to see that, even though most of the students didn't know the principal all that well beyond hearing him on the announcements, they used art to express what they were feeling as well as their support.

These are a few of the signs my class made:

School News Network has an interesting article on one teacher's efforts to help students express themselves.