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There will be no school for spring break March 15-24.
The district’s fourth term will begin March 25.
The Waukee school district’s Parent Teacher Organization is looking for volunteers to fill various leadership positions. The PTO will hold a public vote on the slate of positions for the 2008-09 school year from 7 to 8 p.m. April 22 at the Waukee Public Library, 950 Warrior Lane. The deadline to apply for a position is 7 p.m. April 21. The following positions will be filled on the district PTO board: vice presidents for each of Waukee’s eight schools, secretary, treasurer and membership chairperson. In addition, each elementary school PTO will be seeking parent volunteers to form committees at the school-level, including fundraising, membership, activities, book fair, fine arts and conference meals. Parents interested in these positions should call Dee Dee Lounsbury at 987-1022 for more information.
Second-graders had their Fine Arts Night on March 4. They sang songs from “Seussical the Musical.”
Eason students are listening to the music of composer Antonio Vivaldi during the month of March. Every Wednesday morning during announcements students’ ears are treated to excerpts from his most famous work, “The Four Seasons.” These songs are quite familiar to the students already because they are often featured in many television commercials. Vivaldi had a great imagination and was able to capture the everyday sounds of the seasons in each of the movements. Buzzing flies, barking dogs, and the powerful sounds of a thunderstorm are all represented by the sounds of the string instruments.
The Eason art room has been a very busy place. Second-graders have been making papier mache masks in the form of animals, people, or combinations of the two. Fourth-graders are working on pastel portraits of animals, humans, or a combination. First- and third-graders are making clay pots. First-graders are learning how to make pinch pots and third-graders are trying their hands at coil pots. Kindergartners are also working with clay to make animals with four legs, and our fifth-graders are making clay relief tiles.

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