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LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!!!

STUDENTS FORM A RECYCLING ART GROUP!!!

LYDIA AND MORGAN MEET FREQUENTLY TO DO PROJECTS OUT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS. 

WHAT AN AWESOME IDEA!!!!!

 

 

PINWHEELS FOR PEACE

FOSTER CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY

SEPTEMBER 21, 2008

THESE BEAUTIFUL PINWHEELS WERE AN INSTALLATION PIECE OUTSIDE FOSTER ON PEACE DAY.

 PLEASE CLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO.

FIFTH GRADERS FROM MARS!!!

(NOT REALLY, THEY ACTUALLY WENT SPATTER PAINTING)

LIBRARY RESOURCE CHAIRS SANDED, AND PAINTED BY FIFTH GRADERS, PATIENTLY AWAITING THEIR SPATTER COAT.
     
FIFTH GRADERS HARD AT WORK SPATTER PAINTING THEIR CHAIRS.
   

INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN MIME AND MAGICIAN, DAN KAMIN VISITS FOSTER!!!

AFTER FIRST GRADERS MADE MAGIC WANDS, DAN KAMIN TAUGHT THEM HOW TO DO A TRICK WITH THEM.

Click Here to Watch the Video

THANKS TO KIM MCFADDEN AND CINDY GLICKERT FOR HELPING US WITH OUR WANDS!

Click Here To Check Out Dan's Website

STUDENT ARTWORK CHOSEN FOR DISTRICT BUDGET REPORT!!!

THE COVER OF THE REPORT WILL BE OUR SECOND GRADER'S "BEADTOPIA"

 

 

 

 

fOUR STUDENTS WILL HAVE THEIR DUBUFFET DRAWINGS FEATURED ELSEWHERE IN THE REPORT: lYDIA hALKIAS, pATRICK mCKNIGHT, nOAH sCHULTZ, AND WILL SUTHERLAND. THIS REPORT IS SEEN NATIONALLY. HAVING WORK IN IT IS A HUGE HONOR! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THESE STUDENTS!

THE FIFTH GRADE PICKET FENCE HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN.

 

students work WAS on display at the high school!!!

     
     
ARP COLLAGES

FIRST GRADE

NEVELSON SCULPTURE

SECOND GRADE

CLOSE-UP
AGAM PAINTINGS

FOURTH GRADE

GADGET PRINTING

FOURTH GRADE

visiting artist here at foster !!!

Artist cheryl capezzuti is doing puppet making with our fifth graders.

here's a few pictures of our first class:

     
CHERYL INTRODUCING SOME OF HER PUPPETS.
     
     
STUDENTS MODELING THE WASTEBASKETS WHICH WILL SOON BE THEIR PUPPETS.
     
SOME OF THE PUPPETS CHERYL HAS USED TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO CONSTRUCT A PUPPET.
 

     

     

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

(AND A LITTLE MODELING FUN!)

 
INTRODUCTION TO PAPER MACHE
HERE WE GO... RIP STRIPS DIP TIPS
SLIP STRIPS SLAP STRIPS SMOOTH!!!!!!!
SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST!
   

 

PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES ON PUPPETS.
LEARNING HOW TO MAKE "COSTUMES"
STUDENTS SHOWING OFF THEIR PUPPETS. CHECK OUT CURRENT ARTWORK SECTION FOR LOTS MORE PICTURES.
 

FOURTH GRADE

 

FOURTH GRADE WORKING WITH VISITING ARTIST!!!!!

FOURTH GRADERS WORKED TOGETHER IN GROUPS TO MAKE THEIR INTERPRETATIONS OF FAMOUS PAINTINGS. EACH MASTERPIECE HAS THE HEAD CUT OUT. VISITORS AT THE ART SHOW WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR PICTURE AS WITH THEM AS THE STAR.

 

GREAT PHOTO-OP!!!

PUPPET PARADE AT THE ART SHOW LED BY CHERYL.
 

FUNDING FOR MRS. CAPEZZUTI WAS GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY 

OUR PTA AND THE GATEWAY TO THE ARTS.

THANK YOU!!!!

 
 
TO CONTACT CHERYL:
Cheryl Capezzuti
(412) 734-4222

 

WE HAVE A NEW MURAL IN THE ENTRYWAY AT FOSTER!

 

 
THIS SUMMER LAINEE SPECTER, ART TEACHER, AND JENNY MARTIN, LOCAL ARTIST AND FORMER PARENT, PAINTED A MURAL IN THE FOYER. THE MURAL WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE STAFF AT FOSTER IN HONOR OF FORMER PRINCIPAL, KAREN KANELL'S RETIREMENT. THE MURAL WAS DESIGNED TO SHOW THAT EVERYONE IS WELCOME AT FOSTER ELEMENTARY. THE STUDENTS IN GRADES 1-5 DID THEIR OWN FIGURES AS THEIR FIRST PROJECT THIS YEAR TO ADD THEIR SENTIMENT TO OURS. CHECK OUT THEIR EFFORTS IN THE CURRENT ARTWORK SECTION.

 
   

THE MOSAIC TILES LAST YEAR'S FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS MADE WERE FINALLY COMPLETED AND HUNG UP! AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE FABULOUS! THE MURAL WAS DESIGNED TO REMIND STUDENTS TO TAKE CARE OF OUR EARTH. IRONICALLY IT WAS COMPLETED THE FRIDAY BEFORE EARTH DAY. IF YOU'RE OVER AT SCHOOL, BE SURE TO CHECK IT OUT. IT'S IN THE HALL ACROSS FROM THE LUNCHROOM. A HUGE THANK YOU TO ROB PAPKE AND HEIDI PANDOLPHI WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY ON THIS DIFFICULT PROJECT.

 

 
THE FIFTH GRADERS DID STEPPING STONES FOR THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN FOR THEIR LEGACY PROJECT THIS YEAR.
     
     
     
     
THESE PHOTOS SHOW THE STEPPING STONES FROM START TO FINISH.

 

CHECK BACK TO SEE THEM CLEANED UP AND PLACED IN THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN!

     
THEY TURNED OUT AMAZING!!!!

A BIG THANK YOU TO ROB PAPKE FOR ALL HIS HELP WITH THIS PROJECT.

 

foster elementary participated in a district wide exhibition at the galleria mall. THE FOSTER DISPLAY WAS MAINLY PROJECTS FROM THE HAWAIIAN ART SHOW.

 the following are a few pictures of the art display :

THE DISPLAY WAS QUITE IMPRESSIVE!

OUR STUDENTS MAKE US PROUD!!!

     
   

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