King Street's Annual Holiday Dinner Hosted by the Windjammer

On Monday, December 8, the staff of the Windjammer brought their restaurant to King Street Youth Center, volunteering their time and skills to host a holiday dinner for King Street Youth Center children and families.

The staff of the Windjammer has reached out to the King Street community by hosting this holiday party for the past eighteen years. The dinner provides a special evening out for families who might not otherwise have the opportunity during the holiday season.

This year’s dinner was highlighted by a visit from Champ of the Vermont Lakemonsters, who entertained the guests and volunteers alike. Members of the Green Mountain Glades Junior Hockey Team also volunteered their time, helping with set-up and serving dinner.

King Street Holiday Dinner -- Sponsored by the Windjammer

The M & Ts at Oak Ledge

King Street's Mentoring PSA

Kids Lemonade in the News!

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Dolphins perform another song!

Mohamed on the Ukulele

Farhan & Najma on the Drums

Vocals by Fartun

Lyrics written by Mohamed

Dolphins perform their own song!

Farhan on the Ukulele

Mohamed & Najma on the Drums

Vocals by Fartun

Lyrics by Fartun

Hawa explains her contribution to the musical performances

The Mermaids and Turtles Dance in the morning

Ahmed's Arthur Ashe Movie

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Animation Takes Over

In the homework room this week, we've started to explore animation using Aniboom's Shapeshifter freeware. First, I made an animation for the afterschoolers to look at:


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Then, the afterschoolers took over. Saul made a Transformer.


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Ahmed made a "Cool Guy". Note the baseball hat. That's what makes him cool.


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Najma made a princess (I helped a little).


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Anna made this angry princess (I didn't help with this one at all).


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Also Made by Nguyen . . .

The show's tomorrow!

Nguyen's Tornado Man

This is Tornado Man. He took a bite out of the house, and he's about to eat toxic waste. -Nguyen

Peter Pan on Friday!

Spring!

Oh, it's SOOOO nice to be outside again. Last Tuesday, we took the camera onto the playground to capture video of what it's like to play out there when it's NOT snowing.

Rhythm Sticks

The King Street Preschoolers have been working with rhythm sticks throughout the year, and they put on a show today. Here's a movie of the performance.

Making Books with Anna and Maddie

Robots and Astronauts Wanted

Calling all purveyors of outer space supplies: We need stuff to make aliens, robots, and astronauts for the Kid’s Day parade on Saturday May 17. We welcome various materials such as: styrofoam, dryer and other hoses, glittery items, bottle caps for buttons, white buckets for helmets, cardboard, silver colored cloth, duct tape. You’ll think of lots more. Think of us when you start spring cleaning.

Please call Peggy at King Street to arrange dropping off a donation.

Thanks!

Support the Penny Fundraiser

The children of King Street and Sara Holbrook are teaming up to raise $1,000,000 pennies to support their centers. Please join them on Saturday, April 5th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the Sara Holbrook Community Center's 3rd annual Festival of Cultures where the children will staff a drop-off booth to collect everything from loose change to giant pickle jars. So, clean out those pennies from your car seats, pockets, and attics, and help the kids meet their goal!

Hussein's Cartoon of the Day

The bad guy lives in the volcano, and he can control the fire. He's a scientist. The police came to stop him, and the bad guy wants to destroy teh world. The police are trying to save the town. The blue monster is another bad guy who lives in the volcano. They're friends, and so is the snake. He's below the blue monster, trying to capture the good guy.

Comics

Comics are VERY big right now in the Homework room, especially when they can be scanned into the computer and then edited.

Give a kid a microphone . . .

Ciana wrote this song to accompany her picture. Mostly, though, she was interested in recording her voice and playing back the music.

Dylan's Comic

Here's Dylan's explanation of the comic that he made on Tuesday:

Ahmed's Comic

A Man is Shooting a Fork at a Person

"The person got shot with a fork. He wants to catch him. Dem duh dem due dem duh dem.

Why did he shoot him with a fork? He wants to bring him to jail.

Why? he stole my money and my wallet."

By Ciana

The Indestructible Ignes by Nguyen

Noel the Newscaster, Reporting Live from New York

Noel took a moment today to read the New York News:

"Hi, this is Noel, coming to you live from New York. In today's news, there was a robbery stolen on Manhattan. We haven't found out who it is, and we need to find out now. Somebody get me some sushi."

-Bethany

Stuck in Vermont's Episode 67

Creatures Take Over the Homework Room

Hussein's Evil King cartoon

Nguyen's animated picture

Valentine Construction

Photos of Drumming with Mashobane

Here's another excerpt from our day of drumming. All photos were taken by Becca, age 8, and all audio was recorded by Cheyanne, age 12.

Rehearsal for the 2008 Talent Extravaganza

A group of Afterschoolers and Teens joined Mashobane to practice African drumming on Wednesday. Mashobane says that the group is "learning to bring a rythm to life with the feeling of togetherness." This video was shot by Becca, age 8.


This group is just one of the groups that will perform in King Street's Talent Extravaganza on February 16th. The Talent Extravaganza gives local youth and mentors a chance to creatively work and perform together. The show will feature drumming, singing, acting, a magic show and lots of other local talent. For more information, see http://www.kingstreetyouth.org/events.htm

Junior/Senior Buddies are SOOOO Important

In this video, Mohamed explains the details in a drawing that he made for his senior buddy. He spent over an hour perfecting his artwork.