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MAY 2008, PTA MESSAGE:

April was a proud month for Fairmont PTA.  The PTA-sponsored and city-run enrichment program at Fairmont, offering classes in art, chess and gardening, took off successfully.  Here’s an update:

Gardening Club

Under the guidance of parent volunteer Reyel Daystar, who is also an Environmental Educator and a veteran recreation teacher, kids from kindergarten to upper grades got involved in planting vegetables in our edible garden.  The club, offered only to ASES participants had an overwhelming response.

Collage & Painting

Instructor Laila Espinoza, a mixed-media artist who has exhibited throughout San Francisco, introduced to our budding artists the process of creating art works using both collage and painting.  Look out for the final product — a mural  — at Fairmont’s Recycled Art Show on May 31.

Chess

A group of our students, from grades 1 to 5 are getting to know the rules and strategies in the game of chess, which by some estimation is the oldest and greatest skill game ever invented.  The class is taught by Farid Watson of Berkeley Chess School.