Friday, November 30, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I am pleased to announce that we have three winners of the Plumbing and Mechanical Contractors Authority of Northern Illinois' s water conservation poster contest. This year's theme for the poster contest was 'Go with the Flow...Wasting Water is a NO!!!' The poster contest is open to students who are residents of De Kalb, Du Page, Kane or Kendall Counties. Our three winners are all third graders. These students won 1st, 2nd and honorable mention for their grade level.

Congratulations to: 1st place Jessica Fortin Mr. Trinco's class
2nd place Adam Zlotnicki Mrs. Spakausky's class
Honorable mention Madison Smith Mrs. Carlstrom's Class

Congratulations to three special third graders for a job well done!

Friday, November 16, 2007

November Mystery Artist BONUS CLUES

1. If you had Miss Smeltzer for Art in Second Grade, we studied and created a project based on this artist and his ballerina dancers!
2. An artwork displayed in class is called: Dancers Practicing at the Bar, 1876-1877, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

4th Grade Art Club

***Stop by the Art Room and pick up your projects!!!****

Friday, November 2, 2007

November Mystery Artist Clues


  1. Born in Paris, France on July 19, 1834, he was the son of a wealthy banker.

  2. This French Impressionist artist was known as the master of creating the human figure in motion.

  3. Later in life his eyesight began to fail, thus forcing this artist to create in the medium of sculpture.

  4. In second grade at Elizabeth Ide School, we studied this artist works of ballerinas and movement