Lighting of Longleaf 2017

It's the most wonderful time of the year at Longleaf Elementary! Lighting of Longleaf is such a fun night! Wonderful memories were made by all! 

Everyone loved listening to the children sing! It was magical! Mrs. Timidaiski puts on quite the show!

We are so excited to add our preschoolers to the festivities this year! 

The Limelight performance was fabulous!

The handmade ornaments were beautiful!

Santa Came!

We had lots of good things to eat and drink! 

Merry Christmas, Longleaf!

Limelight 2017-2018

Limelight performed their fall show at Oak Grove High School, and they were fabulous! We are so proud of these talented kids!

Limelight is directed by Jennifer Timidaiski and Jennifer Craft. And...We are excited to announce that Stacey Bennett is now assisting!

Limelight will perform their fall show again on December 14 at Lighting of Longleaf. In February, they will compete at the Purvis Invitational and Petal Invitational. They will also perform at Longleaf Family Arts Night. They will be performing their competition show at all of the February performances. You will not want to miss this amazing show!

Hocus Focus

"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."

                                                     ~Roald Dahl

Well...the students at Longleaf Elementary most definitely believe in magic after a visit from magician Kevin Spencer! This visiting artist wowed students and teachers alike with his amazing illusions! The kids will be talking about this guy for years to come! 

Here's a little info about Kevin and his awesome project, Hocus Focus. 

Kevin Spencer is a teaching artist, researcher, speaker, consultant, and award-winning film producer as well as faculty in the Special Education program at Carlow University where he teaches a course on the intersection of the arts for special populations. He is also a world-renowned illusionist! Kevin is the creator of the Hocus Focus project! This is an arts-based multidisciplinary curriculum.

To learn more about the Hocus Focus Project visit his website! 

Hocus Focus

The kids loved his first trick!

I love how he invited the children onto the stage!

Wow! They are really engaged!  

I love how he took the time to interact with the children. 

To help our teachers learn how to use his "magical"techniques in the classroom, Kevin presented model lessons. Our teachers had the unique opportunity to learn some really awesome teaching strategies!   

Here's a video of one of his tricks!