Week in Pictures April 28 – May 4

 

pomelo-1Friday: Artist in residence Benjamin Chaud shows First-graders the importance of framing a character when creating a story for a book. Today, the assignment is to draw Pomelo, a pink elephant, in New York City.
supraconductivity-1Thursday: Gilles Soulié’s class of 3rd graders as well as a 12th-graders attend a presentation about magnetic levitation in one of the lab classes. Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a method of propulsion that uses magnetic levitation to propel vehicles with magnets rather than with wheels, axles and bearings. With maglev, a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guide way using magnets to create both lift and thrust. Such trains are used to transport passengers in Japan or in South Korea.

orchestre-1Wednesday: 60 young musicians aged 12 to 18 from a French youth orchestra, the Lycée David d’Angers, performed a program of classical and light music for 7 and 8 graders. 

dsc_3053 Tuesday: 4th graders enjoy the outdoors during a weeklong nature’s trip upstate New York. See more photos and videos on the Primary Blog (Photo: S. Freland).

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Monday: 2nd graders are learning to act on stage with clown, performance artist and dancer Barbara Ann Michaels.


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