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Hi, I don’t know what happened to the blog on ceramics, but there are some finished examples on the St. Mary website under Student Featured Work.

Our next project in all the art classes will be scratch art. The pictures will be of either animals or plant life-Nature pictures. The directions are on the pages to the left along with some websites with examples of different scratch arts.

In Desktop Publishing, we are finishing up Adobe Illustrator and will be moving to Photoshop after Easter break.

Prom Student Parent Meeting is on Thursday April 2, if you are attending the prom you must be present with a parent or guardian.

I’m looking forward to the Trip to London leaving April 9, check back for all the photos I’ll be posting when we get home.

Have a Joyous and restful Easter Holiday, hopefully we will have great spring weather and can spend our time out in the sunshine!

Hi, We will be starting off the semester with two related projects. The Art 1 students will be doing a paper BATIK using a wax resist method. The Art 2 & 3 students, (who did that last year) will use silk hoops to create MANDALAS using the Batik Methods. All the instructions and examples of each project can be found on my Pages on the left.

In Desktop Publishing students will begin Adobe Illustrator.

Happy Martin Luther King, Remember all those who have gone before us to ensure our rights and freedoms, get out and do something to support our rights! Tomorrow starts a new day in American History. 

Remember you should have turned your project into me already, if not see me! Work Hard and do well on all your exams.

Well, 2009 is here, it seems like each year moves faster and faster.  I hope everyone had a great holiday and wish all the students and families of St. Mary High School a happy, healthy and prosporous New Year.

This Month we will be working on Mid-Term Projects. Each class has a project and you can find the project for your class listed in the pages to the left under “Mid-Term Projects”  All projects are due on Thursday, January 15.

I wish all my students and their families a Joyous Holiday and a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!  I hope everyone comes back from their Holidays refreshed and re-energized, ready to get to work on the rest of the school year.

Happy Christmas Everyone!

So the year is speeding by!  Sorry due to a technical error (mine) the information on the Illuminated Text we did was not posted. Sorry! I will try to get pictures  up because they really came out nicely.

Right now all the art classes are working on Christmas decorations and Christmas themed projects. Hopefully, many of them will make it home before the Christmas Break.

Student Council: We have been working hard to get everything together for our Adopted Family. The student body and faculty were very generous and our dress down day was a huge success.  We are now wrapping and packaging all our gifts.  Many thanks to all those who participated so generously!!

The Executive Council is working on up dating the by-laws of the council and we are planning some new activities for January and February. If you have an suggestions let a council member know.

Prom Committee has had their first meeting with me, we are in the process of compiling a list of sites to host our spring prom and will be working on this year’s theme. If you have any ideas let me or another committee member know.

Hi!  Ok Halloween is over and we are getting ready for Thanksgiving and then Christmas, my favorite time of the year!

In my Art classes, we are working on oil pastels, Remember the worksheet is Due Monday Nov. 10th. You can find the Pastels Info sheet and questions Listed under pages, called Pastels Information.

In Desktop Publishing, we are working on a travel log for Mexico, It looks so good I wish I could go!

Student Council – The Game of the Season Project went well, I had a great time seeing all the different sports teams here at St. Mary.  Amanda Cook won the $50.00 American Express Gift Certificate in the end of the season raffle.  Ryan Sharkey got a special AMC Movie Certificate for $25.00 for being the only one (besides me) to attend all 5 games.  Be on the lookout for the “Games of the Season” for winter sports!

Also next week,the Student Council will be selling blue SM GAELS wristbands for $3.00 each to support Student Council Activities.  Make sure you get yours.

Reminder: If you are interested in traveling to London with us over Easter Break there is still time to sign up! See me or Mr. Hogan.  You will have a great time and a wonderful adventure!

Hi! It’s been a really terrific week.  The cheerleaders have done a great job creating school spirit for homecoming this weekend.

We’ve been working hard too.  The pumpkin carving was not easy, but the results are really amazing! I’m so proud of the work the students did and they have a really great project to show for it click on “The pumpkin patch” page on the left to see the fantastic results of the kids work.

We also painted banners for the homecoming game.

Desktop Publishing is working on a project for homecoming also.  We are making tri-fold boards with interesting facts about the past 50 years to display at the homecoming reception after the game on Saturday.

I hope everyone comes to Homecoming on Saturday. It will be an exciting game and the kids are really looking forward to the other activities.  Remember get your white t-shirt and support WHITE-OUT!

Wow! It’s been a busy few weeks.  We have been moving quite steadily from project to new projects.

Art 1: has completed practicing drawing simple shapes and progressed to drawing real individual objects.  We have been looking at breaking down objects to the shapes they are based on.  We also spent a week drawing white objects, looking at the way light falls on them creating shadows and shading.

Art 2 & up: Have completed their charcoal portraits.  We matted them and hung them in the hall for our own gallery display. I’m really proud of how they turned out and was glad to see so many who said this is gonna be really hard and I can’t do this enjoy the project and do a really great job. You can see a few of the pictures at the student featured section of the SM website (stmaryhs.org) or on a separate page here.

Desktop Pub.:  We have finished with the tool box used in Indesign and completed several different projects including an “It’s all about Me” collage and posters for the SM Cancer Walk.

We have begun doing some pumpkin carving for Halloween.  We are using artificial pumpkins, they look like the real thing when lit up,but they don’t rot!!! Students are working in pairs or alone and I expect to have 50- 60 pumpkins to display next week.  Any student participating in the Lindsey Myer Pumpkin Run to support Cystic Fibrosis (go to www.lmmf.org to find out more) got their own pumpkin. I will send them home before Halloween so they can be displayed at home.  We will also be painting Halloween Ornaments to make magnets, something everyone gets to bring home. Look for photos coming soon.