Creativity comes alive at Super Saturday in Pascagoula
JOHN FITZHUGH/SUN HERALDIsayaih Bean, 9, of Pascagoula plays with oobleck during the Arts Alive Super Saturday at the Aaron Jones Family Interactive Center in Pascagoula on Saturday April 20, 2013.
PASCAGOULA -- More than a thousand people packed the Aaron
Jones Family Interactive Center to express their creativity at the
Pascagoula School District's Arts Alive! Super Saturday.
Parents brought their children to the free community event to let them get their little hands working on creating a variety of art projects.
From sand art to origami, kids went through the large indoor and outdoor play center, sampling all that was on display. Each of the district's 19 schools had a table set up with a different activity.
Walking through the center, people munched on free popcorn and pizza and had fun helping their little ones with the projects, as well as touring all of the interactive rooms and hanging out on the large playground.
Cherokee Elementary kindergarten teacher Shayna Simms said many of the art projects and ideas originated from research on of the popular social network community Pinterest.
"They are just having a blast," said Simms, who helped at the marble-paint tables outside. "For them, this creates a different look and is something different other than just marble or just playing in the paint with their fingers."
Olivia Ramsumair, 5, played at the marble-paint table, helping to swirl shaving cream with different colors of poster paint to create a blend of colors.
"My favorite thing about today is spending time with my mommy," said Olivia, who attends kindergarten at Eastlawn Elementary. "But I liked making the Silly Putty, too. It was the funnest thing because it made my hands all gooey and I love getting dirty!"
Jahkobian Maye, 6, and his mom Trena Betts-Maye, of Pascagoula, made confetti collages of sea creatures.
"(Jahkobian) and my oldest son are really into art and music," Betts-Maye said. "So today's theme with all of the art projects has been really great because that's what interests my kids the most."
Schools Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich said, "We are very excited about today because we broke last year's attendance records. Last year, we had a total of 6,008 over six Super Saturdays and this year we had 7,115. So we are averaging around 1,100 people per (event) and it is very exciting having that kind of community involvement."
The top five readers from each school were also presented with awards during the event.
Parents brought their children to the free community event to let them get their little hands working on creating a variety of art projects.
From sand art to origami, kids went through the large indoor and outdoor play center, sampling all that was on display. Each of the district's 19 schools had a table set up with a different activity.
Walking through the center, people munched on free popcorn and pizza and had fun helping their little ones with the projects, as well as touring all of the interactive rooms and hanging out on the large playground.
Cherokee Elementary kindergarten teacher Shayna Simms said many of the art projects and ideas originated from research on of the popular social network community Pinterest.
"They are just having a blast," said Simms, who helped at the marble-paint tables outside. "For them, this creates a different look and is something different other than just marble or just playing in the paint with their fingers."
Olivia Ramsumair, 5, played at the marble-paint table, helping to swirl shaving cream with different colors of poster paint to create a blend of colors.
"My favorite thing about today is spending time with my mommy," said Olivia, who attends kindergarten at Eastlawn Elementary. "But I liked making the Silly Putty, too. It was the funnest thing because it made my hands all gooey and I love getting dirty!"
Jahkobian Maye, 6, and his mom Trena Betts-Maye, of Pascagoula, made confetti collages of sea creatures.
"(Jahkobian) and my oldest son are really into art and music," Betts-Maye said. "So today's theme with all of the art projects has been really great because that's what interests my kids the most."
Schools Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich said, "We are very excited about today because we broke last year's attendance records. Last year, we had a total of 6,008 over six Super Saturdays and this year we had 7,115. So we are averaging around 1,100 people per (event) and it is very exciting having that kind of community involvement."
The top five readers from each school were also presented with awards during the event.
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