Saturday, May 23, 2009

Field Trip to Oldway Art Center





The students of Hearthstone school took a field trip to Oldway Art Center, in Sperryville, VA for a glass blowing demonstration by Eric and Leif (5th grade at Hearthstone) Kvarnes.  It was a very educational trip, Oldway truly represents the best of artists in Rappahannock County and surrounding areas.  Leif is one of the youngest glass blowers in the states.  His father, Eric a master glass blower, has been teaching Leif how to work with glass since we was just a two year old!  He and his father sell their work at Oldway, stop by and check it out!

Snoopy!!! The Musical - A Definite Hit




Wow!  The kids really shined at both performances.  The jokes were short and sweet and the songs were amazing.  The cast was made up of five elementary students, Trusten, Jasper, Noah, Leif, and Kalila, and one high schooler, Preslee.  The band was made up of the school music instructor, Frances Miller on piano, high school student Josh on bass, and part-time student Jackson, on drums.  Two high school students, John and Julian, worked lights.  And the director, John Miller, worked sound.  It was an amazing performance, I can't wait to see what they do next!

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Lost Camera

Blogs will be on hold until it turns up!  Keep your fingers crossed :)

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

May Day Celebration

It rained and poured, but the sun did come out for our beautiful May Day Celebration!







Dandelion Folklore


Folklore says the dandelion:


  • is also known as the "Shepard's Clock" because its flower opens at 5 am and shuts at 8 pm

  • is also known as the "Child's Clock" because, legend has it that, however many breaths it takes you to blow all the seeds from the dandelion is the number of the current hour

  • is truly a good barometer, if the dandelion is open expect sun for the next while, if it is closed go find your raincoat

Erik the Viking Comes to Hearthstone


The third through fifth grades just finished their final block on the Norse Myths. To top the final story, Ragnarok, I knew it had to be special, so Tami, a Hearthstone mom, offered to invite her neighbor Eric up for a chat with my students. It was much more than that, as you can see!

Erik, the Viking, came to Hearthstone on April 30, and gave a magnificent talk on Viking history and lore. The 3-12 grades attended the morning talk and were able to try on various metal helmets and chain mail, as well as see some authentic replicas of Viking treasures and weaponry found by archaeologists throughout the last few decades.

The students were very impressed and eager to learn more about their own heritages after the talk. Most of the children were convinced they had to be part Viking :) by the time recess rolled around.