Many of our schools create a Veterans Day program for their community. This is one of our favorite times of the year and it shows! Students spend time in the classroom learning about the history of our artwork. They worked so hard on their projects. Many students knew that their family and Veterans in their community would see their art pieces. We are so proud of their hard work.
(5th grade at Southaven Intermediate)
(Kinder at Hope Sullivan)
(4th and 5th grade at DeSoto Central Elementary)
Next, we celebrated the changing of the season. Winter came to DeSoto county. During this time, student learned the importance that our season play in our environment. We also discussed the different mediums that artists would use to illustrate seasons, such as snow.
4th graders used abstract art like Kazimir Malevich to dipict children in the snow. Students learned that Kazimir used geometry shapes and simple colors to create his pieces.
We have just wrapped up our Black History Month lessons. We like to do this in January so their amazing artwork can be displayed during the entire month of February.>
Our teacher’s door that welcomes the students to enjoy as they come to class.
Kinder made guitars in honor of the contribution that many African Americans made to the Blues.
Third celebrated Mae Jemison, the first black woman to go into space. They used charcoal to give their work depth and deminson.
5th grade celebrated Martin Luther King. They studied positive and negative space to create his portrait. They also added facts they learned during the lesson.
Finally, I couldn’t end this without a celebration of growth. I would like you to meet Joey. He is a nonverbal autistic Kindergarten student at one of our schools. At the beginning of the year, Joey could not even come to class. Now, he not only comes to class, he has learned to communicate through art. I (Jamie) get the privilege to be with Joey every Tuesday. Last Tuesday he grabbed my phone and motioned that he wanted me to take a picture of his star that he created by using Tesserae and his Washington Monument that he was able to complete. He was so proud. Then he pointed to himself because he wanted to see a picture of himself. I know that there is a team of educators that work fearlessly for Joey. I am honored that I get to be one of them. I am so thankful that when children do not have a voice, they can find a way to share through activities such as art. Thank you for allowing us to make a difference to all the “Joey’s” in DeSoto County.
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