Georgetown Elementary Art Blog

Celebrating the art of Jacob Hoekstra!

Georgetown’s Jacob Hoekstra received some exciting Christmas holiday news last week!  His artwork will be featured on the Michigan Association of School Administrator’s annual holiday card.  It is a huge honor to have one of our student works of art chosen for the MASA holiday card!   Jacob’s card will be sent to many different segments of Michigan’s population, including   Governor Granholm, members of the legislature and leaders in the educational community.

Fourth grader Jacob’s artwork depicts a winter landscape and barn that reflects the buildings found in our rural farming community.  Jacob used his understanding of form and color to create his landscape in tempera paint.  Jacob says that his dream job would involve both football and creating art.

Congratulations, Jacob!

GEORGETOWN’S ART FAIR IS COMING SOON!  Don’t forget – Tuesday, December 1st from 4-7 PM in the Gym!

It’s not too late to send in your RSVP to the Art Fair, so please let us know if you plan on coming!

This week your children will be bringing home an Art Fair flier that contains a DOOR PRIZE TICKET – save this and bring it along when you come on December 1st!  We’ll have drawings for art supplies and sketchbooks during the Art Fair.

MORE VOLUNTEERS TO HELP DURING THE EVENT WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND WELCOME!

The following shifts and jobs are available – please email or call Mrs. Brouwer!  (jbrouwer@hpseagles.net or 797-9797, ext 22412)

Tuesday, December 1st Art Fair volunteer shifts:
1:30 – 4:00 – put artwork in frames and set up for event
3:30 – 6:00 – cashiers, framing station, greeter
5:30 – 8:00 – cashiers, framing station, take unsold frames out and clean up

SEE YOU AT THE ART FAIR!

Silly stuff from Mrs. Brouwer!  Pink wig, sunglasses, who would guess it is really your art teacher in there!  Of course adding a little distortion with Photo Shop really put me over the edge, wouldn’t you say!  Yikes, isn’t this something for your November Scavenger Hunt?

I don’t really like having my picture taken, now you see why….you’d have to hunt around on my blog quite a bit to find any other pictures of me….and you probably won’t find another one quite as lovely!

Take a look at our latest selections for our April 2010 Art Show.  Congratulations artists!

KIDS ART FAIR REMINDER!

You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair!  An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week.

Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork.  The RSVP just lets the Kids Art Fair people know how many frames to ship to Georgetown for the event.  So please RSVP if you plan to attend and celebrate your child’s creativity, enjoy a fun make-n-take art project, and register for some cool door prizes to be given away during the evening.

Also – Georgetown’s December Kids Art Fair does not take the place of the annual district-wide Student Art Show, which will be held as usual in April 2010.

We hope to see you at Georgetown’s Art Fair on December 1st between 4-7 PM!  Volunteers are still needed to help out – Please contact Mrs. Brouwer at 797-9797 x22412 or jbrouwer@hpseagles.net.

Hudsonville’s Elementary Art Teachers presented some of their best art projects at the annual Michigan Art Educator’s Conference in Kalamazoo on Friday, November 6.  Our display room was packed with enthusiastic and appreciative fellow art teachers from across the state!  Teachers who signed up for our presentation received a CD filled with lesson plans, photographs, video clips and slide shows.  There were also “make-n-take” tables where teachers were able to learn how to make yarn bowls, paper bowls, and relief sculptures using recycled items.

MAEA Presenters – Hudsonville Elementary Art Teachers

Our latest 2010 Art Show Selections have been made….pictures of our recent masterpieces will be posted early next week!

Time is running out to stop the reduction of an additional $127 per student from our foundation allowance.

The State Aid Bill passed by the Legislature last month cut $165 from the foundation allowance and with the proposed additional $127 per-student reduction, schools across Michigan will experience a devastating cut of $292 per student in funding for the 2009-10 school year.

We have approximately ten days to communicate with our leaders in Lansing that these cuts to education are unacceptable.  For our parents and concerned citizens we have provided talking points and a presentation outlining the impact of the cuts to our HPS website.

• If you have not contacted your legislator, PLEASE CLICK HERE to access the alert and send an email to your lawmakers telling them to take action and avert a proration.
• If you have already sent an email or want to take further steps to push for action, please consider urging your board to pass a resolution in support of funding for education.  CLICK HERE to view a sample resolution that you can use a template.

In addition, we are asking individuals to join us on November 10 in Lansing to communicate directly with our elected officials.  Many public schools supporters are planning on this time and date to strengthen our message.

The proposed schedule includes:

1. 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon – Meet at Capitol steps to hear the Governor and others speak
2. 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. – Meet with your state legislators and let them know your expectations regarding their responsibility to fix the structural deficit in the School Aid Fund

State legislators for HPS are:

Rep. Dave Agema
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909
(p)1-800-968-2320
daveagema@house.mi.gov

Rep. Joseph Haveman
P.O. Box 30014
Lansing, MI 48909
(p)1-866-908-4347
JosephHaveman@house.mi.gov

Sen. Wayne Kuipers
P.O. Box 30036
Lansing, MI 48909
(p)(517) 373-6920
SenWKuipers@senate.michigan.gov

In conclusion, if you are planning on attending please email rvandenb@hpseagles.net by Friday, November 6.  Thank you for your all you do for Hudsonville Public Schools.

Your voice is crucial if we are to reduce the cuts to K-12 education!

Nicholas Ceglarek, Superintendent for Hudsonville Public Schools

Georgetown Elementary is having an Art Fair!

Our art students have been working hard to create spectacular artwork for this fun event.  Your child’s artwork will be displayed in a beautiful mat and frame which can be purchased in the frame during the art fair.

There will be a make-n-take craft table with holiday cards and door prizes too!

Your child will be bringing home an Art Fair invitation soon – please return the RSVP card to school, since this will indicate the number of frames and supplies we need to order for the event.

Hello parents and art friends!   I want to make you aware of the school funding crisis that we are facing in Michigan.   Hudsonville Public Schools cannot survive if there are further state funding cuts to our budget – our schools will see deep cuts to critical programs, services, and valuable teachers.  Please read the following from our Superintendent, Mr. Nick Ceglarek, and call, write, or email our Governor and legislative leaders to let them know how you feel.  Thank you!

Time is running out.  Our Governor and legislative leaders in Lansing are proposing devastating cuts to public education.  In addition to the $165 per pupil cut to all public schools, the State Budget Director has notified school leaders another $127 per pupil cut is coming in less than 30 days.  The only way this will not happen is if our Governor and legislators can agree to a funding solution addressing the revenue shortfall.  To find out how to help prevent this funding crisis, please listen to my message and visit the links here:   FUNDING CRISIS

To find out more about the history of school funding, FIVE DAYS TO FIX SCHOOL FUNDING, GR PRESS

Nicholas Ceglarek, Superintendent