Baby Elephant and Giraffe Sculptures

 
1^st grade artists learned about baby elephants who were orphaned because of poaching and were taken in at The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust in Kenya. 1^st grade classes have just completed 5 elephant and 1 giraffe sculpture based on real orphans named Panda, Dupotto, Quanza, Embu, Bongo, and Kili the giraffe. Next, 1^st graders are creating African patterned blankets for the animal sculptures. Three of the elephants and their quilted blankets, sewn together by parent volunteer Mary Walton, will be for auction in the Germantown Academy Parents’ Fundraiser this spring