Stop Motion Creatures by Mr. Shepherd's Class

Stop Motion Creatures by Ms. LaRose's Class

Stop Motion Creatures by Ms. Warren's Class

Stop Motion Animated Creatures by Mrs. Bissonette's class

In second grade, we created articulated creatures inspired by mythology and imagination. After creating the creatures (which had movable limbs from using fasteners) we made short animated movies in partner groups. Above is a video of two groups in Mrs. Bissonette's class working to create their videos. Below are their finished videos

Discussing Artwork can be Enlightening!

Listen to how this Kindergartener discusses his owl painting. I am often pleased, surprised, and impressed by how my students explain their pictures. The talking that goes along with picture-making is an essential part of the process for little ones. Everything has some sort of meaning or symbolism at this age. (Those circles are nostrils...who would have guessed?)

Just Make a Mark & See Where It Takes You

For our first art project of the year, all students at PPS got to find out where their mark took them. We read the book , "The Dot," by Peter H. Reynolds which is about a little girl who doesn't think she can draw, but discovers she really is an incredible artist. Here are some pictures of our incredible artists hard at work!

Ms. Vella's Summer Art Projects

I've been doing a lot of painting this summer, as I hope you all have too. Ms. Millham was so nice to give me an enormous box of some of her old paints that she discovered while cleaning out her basement. They were high quality paints too! I've used a lot of them up already, if you can believe it.

I was lucky enough to take a course this June-July with Julian Bradshaw at St. Michael's College entitled, "Educator as Artist." The course focused on personalized learning in the arts. Each student enrolled in the course were encouraged to work on their own passions and interests as an artist while developing a large body of work.

Here are some of my paintings I did during my time working on my concentration; you might see some of these at the South End Art Hop in Burlington in September, if you get a chance to visit the Innovation Building off Lakeside Avenue.

2016 Colchester District Art Show

I hope you have had a good vacation. I spent a good chunk of mine preparing for our upcoming art show. All schools in the Colchester School District participate in this one amazing show that demonstrates our students' talent and creativity ranging from kindergarten to grade 12. I do my best to include as many students in this art show as possible. 

The Show runs from Tuesday 5/3 - Friday 5/6 and will be open 8am-4pm all days. There is also a closing reception being held Thursday night (5/5) from 6pm-8pm. Refreshments will be provided.

Students who have artwork on display are listed below by class along with which artwork will be on display:

Kindergarten 26 TOTAL

K Donnelly

1.       Ben Donuts and snowman

2.       Lily Donuts

3.       Nellie Donuts

4.       Shania Donuts

5.       Ella Butterfly

6.       Charlie Butterfly

7.       Bella Tape

8.       Caleb Feathers

K Bourgea

1.       Jenna Donuts and Building

2.       Jillian Donuts

3.       Hannah Donuts

4.       Emma Jean Donuts

5.       Kasey Numbers

K Belaski

1.       Rowan Numbers

2.       Liam Tape

3.       Mary Warm up

4.       Aya Feathers

5.       Elijah Building

6.       Evan building

7.       Chelsea building

K Allbee

1.       Meredith Panda

2.       Nick Panda

3.       Isabelle Panda

4.       Isaac Building

5.       Jordan Building

6.       Anna Building

1^st Grade              20 total

1 Plunkett

1.       Ryann Donuts

2.       Keira Donuts

3.       Sullie Fox

4.       Everett Police Car

5.       Ciara firetruck

6.       Ava Police car

7.       Addie portrait

8.       Reason Dayclouds

9.       Keira owl

10.   Chase feathers

1 Hershman

1.       Alee Portrait

2.       Brayden Portrait

3.       BreezieLynne Feathers

4.       Makayla Map

5.       Ayson Portrait

6.       Madison Portrait

1 Silverberg

1.       Tre cement mixer

2.       Tara portrait

3.       Josh feathers

4.       Brayden fox 

2^nd Grade             32 Total

2 Warren

1.       Emily H Puppet

2.       Lexie Autumn DP

3.       Izzy Water

4.       Jacob             Pumpkins

5.       Raleigh         Marten

2 LaRose

1.       Emily Puppet and water

2.       Naomi Puppet and water

3.       Ariana Puppet and pumpkins

4.       Kaleb Birds

5.       Saya Autumn DP

6.       Chloe Birds

7.       Zach Eagle

8.       Jackson Water

2 Bissonette

1.       Olivia Puppet

2.       Hailey Puppet

3.       Ryan Marten

4.       Lucien Marten

5.       Blake Printed flwer

6.       Caleb S Printed flower

7.       Jane Printed Flower

8.       Jason Eagle

9.       Zachary Sturgeon

2 Hooper

1.       Brynn Puppet

2.       Luna Puppet

3.       Nate Birds

4.       John Eagle

5.       Maddie water

6.       Isaiah Warm up

2 Shepherd

1.       Bleona Sturgeon

2.       Riley Sturgeon

3.       Simon Eagle

4.       Lucy Printed Building

Champlain Valley Regional Art Show

28 artworks by PPS students are on display now through March 25th at the University Mall in South Burlington, VT. Check it out this week, before the stunning display comes down! If you can't make it, be sure to  find room in your schedule to see the Spring District Art Show, held in the Colchester High School gymnasium May 3-6.

Puppets!

In art for the past several weeks, students in 2nd grade have been designing, building and creating puppets using a whole lot of imagination and problem solving. In Mrs. Hooper's class, students worked in small groups to write short dialogue discussing their new knowledge about some important Americans. Check out these puppet shows we put on using the dialogue they wrote in class. Thanks to Mrs. Hooper for being an amazing collaborator and helping to make this happen. It has been a blast!