Category Archives: Creative Expression Workshops
Summer Camp 2012: To be a Hero
This year, during the month of November, the creative expression program is making Zines with the older morning students. Zines are underground magazines that can be made with very little materials and be copied and distributed easily. Through art and … Continue reading
Art Against Violence
This year the dance club was invited to present at San Carlos University during their, ¨Art Against Violence¨festival. Shannon Moyle, the dance club teacher, along with 12 kids presented two dances in front of hundreds of college students. As we … Continue reading
The Power of Imagination
On September 28th, the Creative Expression program closed out this years morning program with a grand final presentation here at Safe Passage. This year, we have been working with the theme Imagination versus Reality. In each class, we discussed what … Continue reading
Theater with the moms!
This past family meeting, three students from the theater class presented two scenes about tolerance in the family unit. One scene was about a mother discussing sex with her daughter and the other scene was about a daughter accepting her … Continue reading
A Musical Mothers Day
Mothers Day this year was filled with activities, costumes, refreshments, and music here at Safe Passage! Junior Perez wrote and performed a song dedicated to his mother, with the help of his cousin Marlon, and teachers Fredy and Eli. The … Continue reading
Viva Música!
En el programa de música el objetivo de este año es; que todos los participantes aprendan teoría musical básica y así poder ejecutar varios instrumentos. Al finalizar tendremos una exposición de talento y así interpretaran algunas piezas clásicas tanto en … Continue reading
Morning Theater Classes!
Beginning this school year, we introduced two morning theater classes as part of our Creative Expressions program. Our Monday class works with Primera Basico (12-13 year olds) and focuses on collaboration, team work, and imagination. We are currently adapting the story … Continue reading
Morning Dance Classes!
The dance classes are mainly about expressing yourself through movement, but to be able to do that, we have to build up confidence and technique. The first two months of the dance program was presenting three different dance styles for … Continue reading
Piezas para la Paz
FERIA DE VALORES 2011
On July 23, 2011 the Creative Expression program launched our first ever community arts fair in the park Nuevo Amanecer. Safe Passage music students preformed their own orginial songs with the guidance of our talented music team volunteers. The community … Continue reading