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Quarterly Recognition
River of Words
Dos Mundos, Two Worlds
Real World Math
John Dau - a Lost Boy of Sudan visits JHMS
Recycling Gets Artsy
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Quarterly Recognition (1st Quarter)
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Jackson Hole Middle School 6th grade students embarked on an art project to reinforce their studies of water in 6th grade science. Artist Rhea Gary, who lives and works in Louisiana, co -authored a book, "Marsh Mission, Capturing the Vanishing Wetlands" with photographer CC Lockwood. There work will hopefully raise awareness of the vanishing Louisiana land loss. Rhea visited the 6th grade art classes and demonstrated her technique of painting oils on a primed vibrant colored canvas. Each student was able to take a field trip to the museum to look more closely at Rhea Gary's paintings and other paintings of water in the museum collection. Students worked on their own practice reflection paintings in class before tackling the front wall of the commons as a large group mural of reflecting clouds on Jackson Lake.
The culminating piece will be an entry into a national contest called River of Words. Annual Environmental Poetry & Art Contest Conducted in affiliation with The Library of Congress Center for the Book. http://www.riverofwords.org/ |
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| Dos Mundos, Two Worlds pARTners had a project called, "Dos Mundos, Two Worlds." Shannon Troxler, a local artist, came in and facilitated the painting of two murals; one reflecting life and images of Mexico, and one reflecting life and images here in Jackson. Shannon brainstormed with the students about the images and then had them draw out their ideas on large newsprint. She then took those sketches and incorporated all of the images into a collage for each painting. She outlined their sketches the best she could to replicate the students' actual work on canvas and the students then did the painting. The students wrote four poems to give more detail to their work. Two are about Mexico and two about Jackson Hole. |
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| Math matters in the real world. It even matters to red-tailed hawks and ravens. Math students in the sixth grade learned about practical applications of math when Roger Smith, biologist, visited their classes with Ruby, the red-tailed hawk. Students used tables of actual scientific data to construct a Venn diagram with statistics to project habitat competition and the possible trials facing these magnificent animals in the wild. Mr. Smith emphasized the importance of mathematics when finding out about the lives of animals like hawks. They migrate all the way to Southern Mexico each year, and return to the same exact tree to nest in the spring. Students enjoyed seeing beautiful Ruby, as she spread her wings to emphasize certain points during the lesson. |
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