Journal Idea- Draw your favorite video game

If you love to play video games, why don't you draw a scene from them in your journal? This is an example created by 6th grader Conner M. He drew the video game classic Pac Man. He chose to use shading in his drawing instead of color. The background is filled with details from the game as well. Nice job Conner!

Prairie Lakes Art Exhibit 2012

Cumberland School has 14 young artists representing the art program on display at Prairie Lakes Community Center. The work will will be on display until April 19, 2012. Congratulations to the following young artists:

Alexandra S.
Aileen O.
Suzanna L.
Diana E.
Agatha T.
Julie C.
Marisela M.
Joanna S.
Haley K.
Milo S.
Ryan R.
Konrad R.
Grant M.
Alexis J.

Save the Planet

The 3rd and 4th graders at Cumberland are putting on a musical program tonight about the importance of recycling. In art class we made recycled collages and stenciled the recycling symbol onto t-shirts that will be worn during the performance.

Gallery 62

Vidhi Patel is representing Cumberland School in the Gallery 62 program this year. Gallery 62 artists were honored last night at the D62 Board of Education meeting. One piece of art is selected each year from every school. The work goes on display for a year at the Forest Board room. It then is returned to the student's home school until their 8th grade graduation ceremony, where it will be presented back to the student. Congratulations Vidhi on your accomplishment!

Metra Safety Poster Contest 2012

Metra is sponsoring a Safety Poster Contest for all students Kindergarten through 12th grade to participate in. Work must be drawn on paper the following sizes, which you can get from me in the art room if you need some.

14"x 17" wide
11"x17" wide

Please see the link below for all rules, prizes and information.

http://www.metracontest.com/rules.php

Gotta love Elmo!

I'm Elmo and I Know It. Check out this fun video!

Yeah look at these crayons..........I make Art!

Art Display at the Forest Board Room

Cumberland School has work on display at the Forest Board Room for the month of February. Students that have work on display are:

Sage S. 2nd Grade
Anthony B-P. 1st Grade
Nikolina V. 4th Grade
Kaya S. 3rd Grade
Ashna T. 5th Grade
David L. ELS
Tara T. 4th Grade
Kevin L. 4th Grade
Valerie E. 4th Grade
Regina S. 3rd Grade
Kayah P. 5th Grade
Janejira N. 3rd Grade
Angelina T. ELS
Aseret G. 5th Grade
Summer Y. 3rd Grade
Brendan Y. 4th Grade
Shane A. ELS

Congratulations Artists!