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PRE-K CREATES SNOWMEN & PENGUINS

Winter Performances at Baldwin

This winter in Pre-K, the Marandiuc and Johnson families donated fantastic holiday crafts. Our youngest Bears created do-it-yourself snowmen and step-bystep winter penguins.

Grade 1 Performs The Day The Crayons Quit

This fall, the 1st grade presented a musical program based on the book, The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers. The crayons wanted to go on strike. Red is overworked, blue is stumpy and tired of being the favorite color every year and yellow and orange argue over who is the actual color of the sun. Performing Arts Chair and Lower School Music Teacher Angela Bensinger taught the girls songs such as “Coloring Book,” “Mr. Sun” and “Sing a Rainbow.” The scenery was courtesy of Lower School Art Teacher Andre Teixeira.

The Middle and Upper Schools held their concerts before winter break. Performing for the Upper School was Belles, Bronze, Upper School Chorus, B-Flats, Upper School Orchestra and Jazz Band. The Middle School concert featured their Chorus, Orchestra and 8th Grade Handbell Ensemble.

Lighthouse Wu ’24 Wins First Place in Art Competition

Lighthouse Wu ’24 won the first-place award in the “Sustainable Development Goals” Art Competition sponsored by the Youth Entrepreneurship and Finance Association. The goal of the competition is to “challenge the ambitious and creative minds of Gen Z in understanding the concept of sustainability and applying it to a better future.” Lighthouse’s winning entry is a watercolor painting titled “Protein and Carbohydrates.”

Baldwin Welcomes Ordrup Musicians

Baldwin, along with The Haverford School, hosted a musical exchange program with students from Ordrup Gymnasium, a school in suburban Copenhagen, Denmark. The Baldwin B-Flats were joined by the Haverford Notables and the Ordrup Gymnasium Be-Sharps to perform a collaborative concert of a cappella and rock music. As part of the ongoing music exchange, the Danish musicians visited for a week this fall, observing classes, performing locally and working with our singers. Later this spring, Baldwin and Haverford students will travel to Denmark to do the same.