I am excited to be returning to school Monday after 12 weeks of maternity leave at home with my sweet little boy. It is going to be a fast few weeks before our summer break begins! We will be passing back artwork to send home and making a final project or two before the year's end. Also, congratulations to all of the students from West and Highlands whose artwork was featured in the District Art Show earlier this month, as well as 3 students from West and 1 from Highlands whose work was selected to be on display at the Plainfield Library through next May! I have recently gotten some great feedback from parents about student artwork on Artsonia. I did not post any work during my maternity leave, but plan to resume posting next fall. I even hope to try Artsonia at Highlands next year. There are great gift options and personalized items to celebrate the end of the school year. We receive 20% of the purchase price of each item to help fund our supply orders. You can also support our program by looking at the WISH LIST section for inexpensive items (or items you might already have) to contribute to our classroom. We are especially in need of Kleenex and hand sanitizer for next year. You can also make monetary donations the DONATE section at adoptaclassroom.org. Another great way to support our program is to share your thoughts with an administrator or school board member (including our new superintendent Dr. Korpak) about the importance of art at the elementary level. In addition to Artsonia, I found an opportunity for you to feature your child's artwork at Shutterfly.com. We do NOT have any affiliation with Shutterfly and don't receive anything from your purchase, but I wanted to share that with you as another option. ArtMyKidMade is another interesting app for your smartphone to save and share your child's art. Lastly, I would love to hear from you about how your child has benefited from having art in school. What do you see as important in their art education? What is your child's favorite part of art class? And what information is most helpful for me to post on this blog/website? You can post a comment or email me at [email protected].
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