Page 44 - Laguna Blanca Magazine Summer 2018

A DEEP-

DIVE INTO

CHARACTER

BUILDING

Kindergarten and
first grade students
build citizenship

skills in musical play
Laguna kindergarten and first grade Citizens after Laguna’s owl mascot, Swoop,
The Rainbow Fish students transformed into a brightly hued and the “super” character traits the program
school of fish and colorful sea creatures aims to build, the weekly class addresses
this past spring for their production of the important topics such as respect, kindness,
musical play The Rainbow Fish. Based on and forgiveness. The play reinforced the
the best-selling book by Marcus Pfister, The Swooper Citizens characteristics that the
Rainbow Fish centers on a very vain fish who students learn all year long in an engaging
learns that he must let go of his selfish ways and interactive way.
to discover true happiness. and people, the play also gave students the
Beyond learning to be better friends
LAGUNA BLANCA MAGAZINE curriculum ties perfectly into their Swooper opportunity to get hands-on with the creative
This collaborative effort of the K-1

process behind the scenes, and to collaborate
Citizens Character Education Program,
with classmates in creating their own colorful
which was created in 2015 by Kindergarten
Teacher Mieke Delwiche and First Grade
set design and costumes—a deep-dive into
42 Teacher Elyse Vanetti. Named Swooper multidisciplinary learning at its best.

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