Multi-Cultural Puppets Front and Center at Jefferson Primary School
An innovative puppet show quickly grabbed and held tight the attention of Jefferson Primary School first and second graders, who learned important lessons in the process. The small group assembly programs proved very popular, not only at Jefferson, but at Flower Hill, Southdown and Washington schools, too.
The visits by the Sunshine Prevention Center were sponsored by the Huntington School District’s Arts-in-Education program in recognition of Disability Awareness Month. At Jefferson, students were very excited to be able to participate in the show by making the puppets “come to life” during a story focusing on bullying and teasing.
Sunshine Center educators used the puppets to deliver lessons on conflict resolution, friendship, respect for diversity and accepting differences in each other. The youngsters were fascinated by the various large puppets and couldn’t take their eyes off of them.
The Sunshine Center presented 17 separate assembly programs in the district’s four primary buildings with the same excited reaction from students each time. “The children learned many life lessons during the presentations,” Jefferson teaching assistant Bobbi Waller said.
A rich variety of Arts-in Education programs are planned in all eight district schools throughout the current school year. For detailed descriptions and a schedule of programs visit the Huntington School District’s website at www.hufsd.edu, click on The Arts and scroll down the left side of the screen to the Arts-in-Ed link.
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