By Cecelia Cancellaro
On Wednesday evening, October 28th, close to 100 parents visited Clinton School to learn about and participate in art, music, physical education, world language and library instruction.
{Back to School Night at Clinton} As groups rotated through the schedule, parents got a taste of what our children experience on a daily basis in their specials at Clinton. Parents played several unique and creative games with our fabulous physical education teachers, Mr. Lehman and Ms. Freede. They created interesting pieces of art with the talented Ms. Christine Tischio, sang and learned about rhythm patterns with the amazing Ms. Rebecca Martin, spent time hearing about our children's weekly library visits from our great librarian and media specialist, Mrs. Sharon Edelberg, and took a fun, lively, game-filled Spanish class with the creative Senora Seltzer.
Everyone in attendance found the evening insightful and fun. Bob Hugel, who has a second and fifth-grader at Clinton commented, “A terrific night. I was struck by two things: how innovative the teachers who teach the specials are and how much they enjoy working with the students. The Clinton School community is very fortunate to have such dedicated teachers.
"Barbara Cokorinos, parent of a fourth grader said, “This was a highly effective (and fun!) way to learn about the very important art, music, physical education, Spanish and library curriculum that our kids experience each week. The teachers were amazing – they filled each classroom with energy and creative learning.”
The hands-on activities allowed parents to experience these classes through the eyes of a student and while participating, it soon became clear that our children are consistently being stimulated, challenged, and encouraged in extremely creative, positive, and fun ways!
