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March 10, 2006
From the lower school dean 03-10-06
Last Thursday night we held our annual PHS Family Night and this years's focus was on activities that combined science and art. Approximately 100 people attended and participated in three different activities, and we had students ranging from kindergarten (and younger) to 8th grade. In one room we examined the characteristics and adaptations of fish and thought about their environments, creating our own unique fish to share with the group. We also explored the huge range of pigments available in natural items such as fruits, seeds, flower petals and more as we worked to create art from these 
common items and then used a variety of leaves to make beautiful rubbings to show their structures. In the third room we explored color through a myriad of activities: making small color wheels that “combined” colors when they were set to spinning, mixing paints, graphing our favorite colors, and other hands-on explorations.
This is a fun event every year and it gives a rare opportunity for students and parents to work together on projects here at school. A big thanks goes out to Tanya, our third-grade teacher, for organizing the event, and to all the teachers who 
planned the variety of engaging activities and added an evening teaching load to their already busy day at the end of the week! Thanks also to all of the families who participated and helped to make this a warm and enjoyable experience.
If you did not attend this year, be sure to make a note to yourself to sign up for next year; it’s a really enjoyable way to spend the evening with your own family and the PHS community. And since you don’t spend the evening with students and parents only from your child’s own grade, it provides a somewhat different, broader view of PHS.