Columbus School 1st grade students celebrated their first 100 days of school by completing an art project expressing how they felt about their accomplishments.

The project was to paste the things they wanted on a cartulina, with materials selected by the students. Many worked with Ecolumbus materials to support the school recycling campaign.

¨The project had an academic purpose, celebrating 100 days of school, and a special focus on math,¨ Tyler Le Claire, 1st grade teacher, said.

The project had 3 parts: learning, creating and celebrating. The goal was to for students to learn new math concepts in a creative way and celebrate by displaying the projects in the 1st grade hallway.

¨We could do the project with whatever we want. I did mine with food because I like food,¨ Mateo Arango, 1A student, said.

The project was made easier since the students could create their posters with things they liked. That encouraged creativity since the project didn’t have many conditions.

¨I did my project with Fruit Loops because I like Fruit Loops,¨ Maria Estrada, TCS Student, said.

The project was very simple, just to paste the thing they wanted to use for the project on a cartulina with the number one hundred. The project was assigned for students to learn in a different way. It was related to several subjects, including math.

¨The academic purpose of this project was math,¨ Le Claire said. ¨They get their experience with numbers not only with the tenth places but with the 100th place,¨ Le Claire said.

The reason the project was done in math class, was because the students had to deal to learn how to manage bigger numbers like one hundred and so on.

¨The idea was also for the kids to celebrate the 100 days of school in a fun way,¨ Le Claire said.

The project encourage kids to use their creativity and most agreed to have enjoyed the project since it was a cool way to learn.

¨I did my project with plants because the teacher said we could do the project with things we liked so I did it with plants because I like plants,¨ Pelaez TCS student said.

Another goal was to teach the children about Ecolumbus  and the Columbus School’s recycling program. That’s why the teachers suggested the project should be done with recycling materials like bottle caps and wrappers instread of story bought materials. Le Claire hopes that students develop a sense about the environment so they start working with Ecolumbus materials.

¨Even though this project was suppose to be fun they ended up learning something new about math, and also learning to be resourceful with what they have at home,¨ Le Claire said.