Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year

Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of us at PDS......
Have a Safe and

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Scholastic.com.....Great Books and MORE!

Thanks for making our Book Fair such a success!

We love Scholastic!

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, PDS students have enjoyed visiting www.scholastic.com to learn more about the Pilgrims, Indians, and The First Thanksgiving.

From the mountains....to the prairies....to the oceans white with foam

God Bless America, my home sweet home! The Fourth grade is hard at work learning the meanings of many geographical terms....so we decided to paint a mural to illustrate some of them. What fun we had! Can you find a desert? A prairie? Mountains? Waterfalls? A plateau?

Dancing with Degas

Degas is most famous for his paintings and sculptures featuring ballet dancers. Check out the Fourth graders' beautiful chalk drawings....graceful ballerinas....and one very nimble football player, right, Will?

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere!

These beautiful pumpkins were drawn by our
PDS Fifth and Sixth graders!

Delta Impressions....A Visit to the Ellis Theater Galleries

For the beauty of the earth,
For the beauty of the skies,
For the love which from our birth
Over and around us lies,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

For the beauty of each hour
Of the day and of the night,
Hill and vale, and tree and flower,
Sun and moon and stars of light,
Lord of all, to thee we raise
This our grateful hymn of praise.

This favorite hymn is perfectly reflected in the stunning exhibit at the Ellis Theater! During the month of October, it's galleries have been home to an impressive collection of paintings by the Delta's own Sammy Britt.  "Ooohs" and "ahhs" punctuated the air as our normally talkative Fourth graders were in awe as they studied Mr. Britt's colorful landscapes and still lifes. As the children compared multiple paintings of the same garden or field, they were amazed at how time of day or weather conditions dramatically effected the look of each setting.  Enjoy a few pictures from our visit!

Thank you, Mr. Britt, for helping us see the Delta's beauty through your artist's eyes! Thank you, Dr. Waldrup and the Delta Arts Alliance for the imformative booklet about the exhibit! It really helped us make the most of our visit!