More tee shirts

More tee shirts for Kenya.

Tee Shirts for Kenya!

The middle school students finished their tee shirts and sent them off to Keela to take to the Jambo Jipya School.

Middle School Students Design Tee Shirts for Africa

Mathilde beginning her tee shirt design

Tyana and Zali designing their tee shirts

We had a presentation a month ago by a very poised 22 year old, Keela Dates. Keela is the founder of Reason2Smile, a support organization for Jambo Jipya, a school in Kenya for orphaned and at-risk children. Since 2004 the school has expanded from one mud hut to 11 cement classrooms with 300 students ages 3 - 18.

Our students were inspired to reach out. When Keela goes to Kenya next month, she will take with her t-shirts our students decorated with artwork they designed. She will also take plain t-shirts and paints from Parker so that students at Jambo Jipya can send something back.

4/5s Begin Iroquois Seed Masks

Jared and Dylan making their masks

Anna gluing seeds

Thinking about the masks of the Iroquois False Face Society, the 4/5 students designed their own masks using seeds and grains to fill in the areas they had defined.

4/5s Paint Geometric Objects

Jack painting his objects

Veda finishing up her painting

4/5 students selected four or five objects and drew them in outline with specific requirements. One object had to be on a diagonal, one had to come in from one side, and one had to touch the top and bottom of the page. The page was then evenly divided into quarters and these quadrants were divided in half again. Then a complementary color scheme was selected and the painting began. At each point that an object crossed a dividing line it had to change colors, using a mix of the complements, or tints or shades achieved by adding black or white.

2/3s Working on Tooth Fairies

Mike beginning his tooth fairy picture

Avery and Megan drawing tooth fairies

After reading Throw Your Tooth on the Roof : Tooth Traditions From Around the World, by Selby Beeler, the 2/3s were inspired to create wonderfully imaginative pictures of whatever the Tooth Fairy might look like.

K/1s Painting in the style of Jasper Johns

Student beginning her painting

Painting numbers

Working on Jasper Johns style painting

The K/1 students learned about the paintings of the contemporary American artist, Jasper Johns. Johns uses everyday images in the creation of his works. The K/1s looked at his number and letter paintings and then made their own vibrant works.