Third Grade Native American Weavings

Will H. - Mrs. Hensler's class


Taylor A. - Ms. Mitchell's class


Luke H. - Ms. LaDuke's class


Aliyah S. - Mr. Wolfrath's class

Third graders are just about to complete their Native American weavings. We watched a really helpful video that you may want to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbtKnvc_9No&feature=related

Art in Nature-Our Garden Ready for Harvest

Kindergarten Creates Wise Old Owls

Reid H. - Ms.Conroy Isabella M. -Mrs. Vigue Chelsea C.-Mrs. Minke








Meredith M. and Jack L in Mrs. Minke's class

Happy Thanksgiving!

First Graders were very excited to be making turkeys out of clay this year! We started with a pinch pot and then molded one side into the head and the other side into the tail feathers. They have been fired twice and are ready to go home with the children. Great news...none of the turkeys exploded in the kiln :-) Happy Thanksgiving!

Fourth Graders Paint Watercolor Windmills

L to R: Sophie E. and Aidan S. - Mr. Hughes' class


L to R: Taylor W. and Anna C. - Ms. Lemon's class


L to R: Valere B. and Senna P. - Miss Telemachos' class


L to R: Alexandra H. and Christopher C. - Ms. Tucker's class

Fourth grade students studied the life and art of Dutch oil painter, Rembrandt van Rijn. Rembrandt lived from 1609 to 1669, during the same time period that Jamestown was being settled. It's fun for the children to make a connection to what else was going on in the world during the time when the American colonies were being settled. We talked a lot about what windmills were used for and looked closely at Rembrandt's 1650 painting, The Mill.

Second Graders Study South American Pottery

Whenever I tell a class that we are going to work with clay, they're excited. After a few quick reminders about clay basics, and an introduction to coil making, the children were ready to roll...literally :-) The photograph shows the different stages each pot went through. L to R: bisque fired, glazed and ready to be fired again, finished pot. These pots were decorated in the style of the Chulucanas people of Peru.

Kindergarten Studies Vincent Van Gogh

Chelsea C.- Mrs. Minke's class

Abby B. - Ms. Conroy's class

Caelin B. - Mrs. Vigue's class

L to R: Jack L., Aidan G., Julia S., Reid H.


L to R: Grace W., Kayla P., Alexander W.

Third Graders Study Still Life and Native American Beadmaking

Zachary P.
Mr. Wolfrath's class

Alexa G.
Ms. LaDuke's class



Erin W. - Mrs. Hensler's class


Ari W.

Ms. Mitchell's class

This is a sampling of beads ready
to be fired, painted, and strung.

First Graders Play "Hide and Snake"

Luke L. in Mrs. Whitecage's class

Sabrina A. in Mrs. Densa's class

We've been studying lines and patterns, and primary and secondary colors. So, after reading Keith Baker's book, Hide and Snake, each child thought of a main idea or a theme in which to hide his or her own snake. See if you can find them!



Iona H. - Mrs. Owen's class


Lizzie C. - Mrs. Owen's class


Luke B. - Mrs. Owen's class

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Second Graders Imitate Eric Carle's Artwork

Shannon R. - Ms. Graham's class

Luke M. - Mrs. McKenzie's class

Jordan S. - Mrs. Cameron's class

Shaherzad C. - Ms. O'Mullane

Fourth Graders Enter CD Cover Art Contest

Congratulations to Emma S.! Emma's artwork was selected by Jack Hartman and Hop 2 It Music to be the cover art for his upcoming CD, "Transition Train". In addition, Valere B. will be designing the track artwork that will serve as a border on the front cover. Emma will receive a $100 gift certificate and Shorecrest will receive an additional $100 gift certificate. Emma will receive three free CDs and each fourth grade teacher will receive one free CD. I was very impressed with all of the entries and with how seriously each student took this project. You are all winners in my book!

Kindergarten Learns About Warm and Cool Colors

Last week Kindergarten students "felt the music" of the Caribbean while painting with warm colors. Then we switched to the cool colors and let Wolfgang Mozart inspire us. Today we used drawings the children had created in Ms. Diaz Leroy's music class while studying Mozart to guide us in a third piece of art. These are collages made from the warm and cool papers we created last week. Aren't they great!