End of Term & Updates

October 29th marks the end of the first term. This is a reminder for students who are still missing their signed syllabus, Elements and Principles graphic organizer, and the Ox-Plow book that they have until this coming Thursday, October 29th to turn these assignments.

Fifth grade students are finishing up their Cuneiform Tablets and are moving on to the Chicken Sarcophagi, which they are making in conjunction with their mummified chickens in History with Mr. Kenny. The fifth grade projects have been much smaller than the 6th-8th grade projects, which is why they have been able to complete  more within the term.

Sixth grade has been working on Islamic RE-Designs for the last few weeks and will continue this project into Term II. Students looked at traditional Islamic patterns and put together rough draft drawings incorporating the Islamic patterns, including geometric, plant-like, and rope designs. This project is intricate because it is mixed media, meaning students will be coloring with colored pencils, markers and finally painting with acrylic paint.

Seventh and eighth grade artists have been looking at Impressionist artist Claude Monet in the first unit in Modern Art. They, too, spent time working on a rough draft practicing drawing landscapes and recreating the Impressionistic technique with oil pastels to simulate oil paint. The focus is to practice short, overlapping strokes of color with an emphasis on light. Students have chosen a wide array of landscape reference photos, so each one is quite unique!