Off to a Great Start!

The 2019-2020 school year is off to a great start!

 Students in fourth and fifth grade have started the year by creating projects for International Dot Day - a day to celebrate creativity. I read them the book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds and we discussed the importance of trying or as the book says, "just make a mark and see where it takes you." Then fifth graders water colored painted a background around a circle. Currently, they are working on adding different kinds of lines and shapes in the circle (their dot). Fourth graders used washable markers to "tie-dye" a coffee filter, which is their dot. Currently, they are working to turn their coffee filter dot into something else, like a wheel of a car or a pizza pie.

Sixth grade students are working on creating Art Trading Cards for the 5th Annual MiniMatisse Global Artist Trading Card Swap. The swap is organized by an art teacher in Minnesota and open to only 100 schools. I was lucky enough to get CHCS into the swap. Sixth graders are making two cards, one to keep and one to trade. I will send all the cards to the Mrs. Hahn in Minnesota and she will divide them up to send to different schools all over. We don't know which school will get our cards and we don't where the cards we are getting back are coming from.

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