ARTSONIA!

Jeffries is a member of ARTSONIA, the world's largest online museum! It's FUN, EDUCATIONAL, & FREE! Just fill out a registration form, and your child's artwork will be posted online. If you need to obtain a security code, please email me at saallen@spsmail.org . Check out the new products you can order on Artsonia! You can have your artwork put on a variety of products such as t-shirts, tote bags, mouse pads, mugs, keychains, etc. Just go to http://www.artsonia.com/ and click on the "gift shop" link. Great gifts for any occasion!!!

WELCOME BACK!!!

Welcome back, Jeffries Jaguars! I am please to announce that this year we have a beautiful new art room! Great revved-up for an exciting year in art. We are "On the Road to Success"!

2nd SEMESTER ART ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS!

The second semester achievement awards will be presented at the last Character Education assembly on June 2nd.
The winners are...

Kindergarten: Mason Burdick & Kiri Tau'a

1st Grade: Nadia Woods & Connor Brafford

2nd Grade: Heavenly Chapman & Drew Bergseth

3rd Grade: Sarah McKenzie & Will Burdick

4th Grade: Franklin Recinos & Sarah Mills

5th Grade: Stephen Kovach & Amaya Askew

Congratulations to all for your OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT!!!

Art Newsletter: 4th Quarter

What have we learned in art this quarter?
Kindergarten: 4 seasons trees from the book A Grand Old Tree / "Egg Chicks" using shapes, patterns and fan-folding technique / Watermelon Fingerpaint study of color mixing
1st Grade: Bunny Art using stippling technique / Portrait sculptures / Missouri Blue Birds using blending and fan-folding techniques / Leo Lionni paper chameleon sculptures
2nd Grade: Van Gogh Sunflowers / Bird Hat sculptures / "Overlapping Hands" using patterns & lines
3rd Grade: Cubism portraits / Negative & Positive tiles and icons / Community playground designs / Architecture House Design 2029
4th Grade: Yarn coil weaving / still-life using chalk pastels and brayer painting / recycled fish sculptures / Study of Missouri artists Thomas Hart Benton & George Caleb Bingham
5th Grade: Perspective Room / Symmetrical Bugs using chalk pastels / Graphic novels & storyboards

1st Annual Fine Arts Night

Ms. Sees & I are happy to present the first annual Jeffries' Fine Arts Night!

You & your family are invited to enjoy an evening of music and art on

May 12 at 6 pm.

Come see musical performances from the Jeffries' Honor Choir and Jeffries' Orchestra. Also performing are the Carver Quartet and Soloists from Kickapoo High School!

Art on exhibit will feature pieces from this years' Springfield Art Museum All-School Art Exhibit and the PTA Reflections Contest. In addition, our hallways are displaying art from each classroom.

See you on the 12th!

-- Thank you PTA volunteers for all of your help organizing this event! :)