The celebration began outside where students released the butterflies they had watched go from caterpillar stage into chrysalises and finally emerge into butterflies. Older students helped gently place the butterflies on orange slices and hand them to younger students.
Kylee Hutchings looks mesmerized with the butterfly she is holding as Izabella Wright (left) and Ava Gray (right) look on.Next, students enjoyed a variety of outdoor activities, including races to put the butterfly's life cycle in the correct order, making butterfly masks, playing with bubbles, and a basketball game where students made a basket and then answered some questions about recycling.
Eva Smerber and Laten Butler race to a basket containing pieces representing the stages of a butterflies lifecycle. After they grab the pieces, they race back to put the pieces in the proper order of the cycle.
Gavin Edwards shows his expert bubble making skills during the SFCS Spring Festival.Indoor activities included creating origami butterflies, using recycled materials to create fun objects, making paper beads and necklaces, answering trivia questions with Ms. Korn, enjoying veggies from the garden and a special refreshing herbal cold tea -- this was great most welcome as it was a hot day! There were also fabulous prizes!
Instructional Aide Christy Lombard helps at the recycled crafts table.
Ryan Ramirez models the beautiful necklace she put together after first making its paper beads.Students ended the day with a campus clean up where they started at one end of campus and made their way clear across to the other side, picking up all bits of trash they could find along the way.
Sierra Foothill Charter School is a free, non-profit, K-8 public school. For more information, contact the office at (209) 742-6222 or visit SFCS’s website: sierrafoothillcharterschool.org. To stay up to date on all the latest happenings, “like” SFCS on Facebook.
