Thankful Leaves

Painting Table Runners for the Community Thanksgiving Luncheon

Kindergarten artists helped us prepare for our annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon by painting table runners with leaves and other Fall themes.

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Fayston School celebrates

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

Monday, October 6th, 2014

Join us to give thanks, honor the full moon and celebrate the harvest with a special picnic lunch shared with friends and family.

Adult lunch $3.75

R.S.V.P. to cjoslin@wwsu.org

11:30 grades K-3 / 12:00 grades 4-6

The Mid-Autumn Moon Festival is a Harvest and Thanksgiving Festival celebrated in China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other Asian countries.  It takes place during the full moon in September or October.

During this festival, people gather with their families and friends, offer thanks for the harvest or other good fortune and send their wishes and prayers to the moon.  Other traditions include an outdoor nighttime picnic, with special treats called Mooncakes, and other traditional foods.  At the gathering, people display colorful lanterns to light up the night.

At the Fayston School, we will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival on Monday, October 6.  Students will read Thanking the Moon, by Maya Lin, to learn about the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival and prepare for this event.

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Potstickers with Stir-Fried Vegetables

Mooncakes

Sesame Noodles

Fortune cookies

Pears and Grapefruit

Tea

Getting ready for our Community Thanksgiving Luncheon

Kindergarten, first and second grade artists made leaf and turnkey table runners for our annual Thanksgiving lunch. We used Sharpie markers to practice drawing with simple shapes and lines, then painted with liquid watercolor paints. 

Thanksgiving lunch Table Table Runners

Thankful

Thank you notes

Fifth and Sixth grade artists took some time in art class to make thank you notes for the people in their lives who deserve to be thanked.  We practiced different types of lettering and looked at some pretty crazy styles of alphabets.