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Arts a la Carte Department of Visual & Performing Arts April 2017—May 2017
Westfield Public Schools Westfield New Jersey
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4/24/17 Franklin Advanced Band 4/26/17 RIS Chamber Music Night 4/26/17 WHS Chamber Music Night @ First United Methodist Church – 8:15 pm 5/2/17 Wilson Band
5/4/17 Franklin Intermediate Band 5/6/17 WHS May-Hem 5/10/17 McKinley Band & Chorus 5/13/17 WHS / EIS / RIS Jazz Night @ WHS Courtyard – 5:30 pm (Saturday) 5/15/17 All Elementary 4th Grade Strings @ EIS 5/16/17 WHS Orchestra – 7:30 pm 5/18/17 Franklin Chorus 5/18/17 Washington 5th Grade Band & Chorus @ 7:30 pm 5/18/17 Wilson Chorus 5/22/17 All Elementary 5th Grade Strings @ EIS 5/23/17 Tamaques 4th Grade Band – 6:45 pm 5/23/17 Tamaques 5th Grade Band & Chorus – 7:30 pm 5/24/17 McKinley Intermediate Band 5/24/17 Washington 4th Grade Band 5/30/17 Jefferson Band & Chorus
5/31/17 WHS Chorus – 7:30 pm 6/5/17 EIS Concert – 6th & 8th Grade Band 6/5/17 EIS Concert – 7th Grade Band & Orchestra @ 8:15 pm 6/5/17 RIS Concert – 6th & 8th Grade Chorus 6/5/17 RIS Concert – 6th & 8th Grade Orchestra @ 8:00 pm 6/6/17 EIS Concert – 6th Grade Chorus & 8th Grade Orchestra 6/6/17 EIS Concert – 8th Grade Chorus & Orchestra @ 8:15 pm 6/6/17 RIS Concert - 7th Grade Chorus & Sharps and Flats 6/6/17 RIS Concert – 7th Grade Orchestra & Early Morning Orchestra @ 8:00 pm 6/7/17 All City Festival @ WHS Auditorium – 7:30 pm 6/8/17 WHS Jazz / Percussion @ WHS Auditorium – 7:30 pm 6/12/17 WHS Band – 7:30 pm 6/14/17 EIS Concert – 7th Grade Chorus 6/14/17 EIS Concert – Jazz Band, Broadway Singers & Symphony Orchestra @ 8:15 pm 6/14/17 RIS Concert - Bands 6/15/17 RIS Concert – Jazz Ensembles
District Art Show Opens May 16! Come experience the District Art Show in a new interactive way this year!
The goal of the Westfield Visual Arts Department is to develop an awareness and appreciation of the visual arts in
every learner, from grades pre-kindergarten through twelve. It has been proven many times in many different ways that the arts are an essential educational component. The arts help children better comprehend the basic studies of
language, math and science. Annually, district art educators convert the Westfield High School gymnasium into an art gallery of work created by pre-K-12 students. Visitors are always amazed by the quality of work our art teachers
encourage the students to create. You will find graphic art pieces, sculptures (both large and small) ceramics,
charcoal and pencil drawings, watercolors, fabric arts, painted furniture and so much more.
Beginning May 16 we invite you to come and enjoy the redesigned show with a true museum experience. The show is open to the public on May 16 and 17 from 9:00AM - 9:00PM and on May 18 from 9:00AM – 2:00PM.
ALL CONCERTS BEGIN AT 7:00 PM unless
otherwise noted
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Westfield
High School Art
Ceramics 1 students are all pinch potted out! We spent most of the
second semester so far creating
various pinch pot forms. Students were introduced to white talc clay,
versa-clay, red clay, white stoneware clay, and raku clay. We
discussed the different clay bodies
and compared the texture, color and hardness of each type of clay
while creating pinch pots, and decorative pinch pots. Students
also learned how to correctly join
pieces of clay together by adding faces to their pinch pots and
joining two pinch pots together. The pictures show our last pinch
pot project…. cute presents that will be brightly glazed and
displayed in the District Art Show!
Students in Crafts Exploration are finishing up on the sculpture
unit. The final sculpture project is stone carving along with a mini
rock painting project. For the carving project, students had to
pick their stone based on what
object they thought they saw in the raw stone. Just like
Michelangelo, students had to bring that object out of the stone
using various carving tools, rasps
and sandpaper. Once the sculpture is complete, we start
buffing and polishing it using pumice powder and butcher’s wax.
The final product will be super smooth and shiny. For the rock
painting project, students had to
paint a rock for themselves as well as one for a teacher. The second
rock had to be given to a teacher or faculty member that helped
them, or touched their lives in
some way. Be sure to check out the final sculptures and rock
paintings at the District Art Show in May!
Drawing Students are creating the illusion
of depth by incorporating multiple visual cues into their pieces. They
are developing value to aid in the illusion of form in their artworks.
They are starting to develop a
personal response to value mark making to create more expressive,
personal drawings.
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Composition Students continue to develop a
comfort level with acrylic painting. They are incorporating complex
compositional armatures to develop paintings that help lead
the viewer into and around the
piece.
Advanced Portfolio Prep & Art History
Students continue to create self-
directed works of art to strengthen and personalize their portfolio. The
Rake and Garden Club will come back one more time to select
artwork to use for their Spring flower show at the Presbyterian
Church. They will translate works
of art as compositional floral arrangements.
Foundations of Art
After learning how to mix colors on
the color wheel and how to change the value and intensity of those
colors, students in Foundations of Art focused on painting still life
images of various fruits ranging
from pineapple and limes to pomegranates and dragon fruit, as
well as a variety of landscapes and cityscapes. The projects centered
on the discussion of compositional techniques, how the objects are
arranged on the canvas. Moreover,
the painting lesson built on students’ ability to mix colors.
Students aimed to match the colors of the fruit, trees, skies,
mountains, grasses, and other
objects as closely as possible, giving the sense of the colors and
textures of the actual objects. Brushwork and various techniques
were practiced including how to make gradations in paint and
creating solid looking objects using
light and shadow. The final works will be proudly displayed in the
District Art Show in May.
Music
The WHS Choral department welcomes Ms. Francis to the choral
music department. Ms. Francis joins us not only as a student
teacher from Kean University, but
also as a professional opera singer. We are excited that the students
will have the opportunity to learn under her tutelage as she
continues to gain classroom
experience in the Westfield Public school system.
Students in WHS Mixed Chorus
have been working on their spring
concert repertoire. The students have been introduced to three
pieces; Hallelujah, Amen, a chorus from the Handel oratorio, Judas
Maccabeus, No Time, a camp meeting song, and Sililiza (Hear Me), a piece in Swahili arranged by
Jim Papoulis. The students in Mixed Chorus also recently had an
ear training assessment where they were tested on the ability to
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recognize melodic and harmonic intervals by ear.
Students in Bella Cora and Concert
Choir are currently working on at home assessments of choral
repertoire. The students will use
Charms office.com to submit singing recordings of their part for
a grade. Students in Bella Cora and Concert Choir also recently
had an assessment, testing their
knowledge of key signatures and note reading. As a result of their
hard work, students in these classes are now able to read and
sing in solfege in all twelve keys!
Students are getting ready to
audition for next years’ All State Choirs on April 22 and April 29.
WHS will have 19 students auditioning for this prestigious
chorus.
Congratulations to Nicole Player and Olivia McElheny, who
performed with the 2017 NJ All
State Treble Chorus at NJPAC on
February 25th.
Summit Hilltopper Choral Festival
On April 19th, singers in the WHS Concert Choir and Chorale will
perform at the Summit Hilltopper Choral Festival. The festival will
feature many outstanding high
school choirs in the state. The students will perform and receive
comments from choral professors.
A Night of Love Songs
The Westfield Choral Parents Association sponsored the annual
Night of Love Songs on February 11. It was a wonderful evening,
showcasing the vocal talents of the choir students. The evening
featured over twenty solo, duet,
and group performances from the students in Bella Cora and Concert
Choir. The WCPA raised $6000 from this event which will help
defray student participant costs for
the 2018 choir tour to Finland, Estonia, and Latvia.
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WHS ORCHESTRAS
On March 18th, 2017 string players from across New Jersey met at J.P.
Stevens High School in Edison to audition for the 2017 All-State
Orchestra. Of the nearly 180
students that auditioned, one of Westfield High School’s very own,
Kevin Li, was accepted. Kevin is a sophomore and the principal of the
2nd violin section in the WHS
Chamber Orchestra. Great job, Kevin!
As we move forward in the school
year, we are preparing for upcoming performances with our
orchestras. On April 26th, 2017 the WHS Chamber Orchestra and
members of the Writing and
Arranging classes will be hosting the 2nd Annual WHS Chamber
Music Night at the First United Methodist Church in Westfield. The
concert will feature chamber music prepared by the students of the
Chamber Orchestra and some
original compositions by the Writing and Arranging classes.
Tickets will be sold at the door. We would love to see you there!
Meanwhile in class, all 3 orchestras
are preparing for the upcoming
Spring Orchestra concert, which
will take place on Tuesday May 16th, 2017 here at WHS. The
program will feature music by Britten, Mussorgsky, Elgar, and
Bernstein, among others. The program will also feature a
performance of part of Elgar’s
Cello Concerto, by Jeremy Cha. Jeremy was the winner of our 1st
annual WHS Orchestra Concerto competition. He was chosen from
a list of candidates that had
submitted performances of solo works and we are proud to feature
him at this concert.
WHS Writing and Arranging The WHS Writing and Arranging
classes have been hard at work on a number of projects lately. On
April 26th, they will have a chance
to premiere their work at the 2nd Annual WHS Chamber Music
Concert. The WHS Music lab has also welcomed the brand new
addition of 5 brand new
laptops to our music lab. With the addition of these
computers, we can now accommodate the growing
numbers of the composition program at Westfield High
School.
WHS Concert Bands
This spring, the WHS Wind Ensemble and Chamber
Orchestras gave a special performance at each of Westfield’s
elementary schools. The audiences especially enjoyed hearing music
from the Harry Potter movies. As
part of the presentation, WHS students introduced each of the
instruments to the elementary children.
On the 21st and 23rd of March, the WHS Concert Bands traveled to the
annual CJMEA State Concert Band Festival. All three bands earned
their highest score in school history, and took home Gold
ratings. The Wind Ensemble also
received its first ever invitation to the April 30th State Gala after
finishing 2nd overall of 27 bands. They will perform in the evening
concert with the top 6 bands from
the entire state of NJ!
Additionally, the Wind Ensemble performed at the Metropolitan
Wind Band Invitational on April 1st. In preparation for these
festivals, the Wind Ensemble had
opportunities to rehearse with several guest clinicians: Bruce
Yorko from Rowan University and Todd Nichols, from Roxbury HS
and The Eastern Wind Symphony.
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Congratulations to 11th grade saxophone player, Daniel Shenker on winning the 2017
WHS Concerto Competition. He will
perform the Glazunov Concerto along with the Wind Ensemble at the spring concert on June 12th at
7:30pm.
Jazz Bands
WHS’ three jazz bands performed at the Westfield Rotary Club
Annual “Breakfast with the Bands” on Saturday March 18th. They also
played at several jazz festivals throughout the spring, including
the Princeton Jazz Festival where
they had an opportunity to work with world-renowned jazz artist,
Randy Brecker (pictured below).
The annual Jazz Night will be held
on Saturday, May 13th in the WHS
Courtyard. Stop by for performances “under the stars” by
the RIS, EIS, and WHS jazz students.
WHS Jazz is pleased to announce that NYC drummer, Scott
Neumann, will be joining the 3 WHS Jazz Bands at their Spring
Jazz Concert on Thursday, June 8th. Scott directs drum studies at
Lehigh University and has played
regularly on Broadway since 1999.
2017 All-State Band (pictured below)
Brooke Walden (Flute/Piccolo) Michael Hauge (Bb/Eb Clarinets)
Matt Schiff (Alto/Bass Clarinets) Dale Beyert (Trumpet) and
Austin Chen (Trumpet)
Congratulations to these students
who were selected to the 2017 All-State Bands! They performed at
the NJ Performing Arts Center in Newark on February 25th.
WHS Winterguard Under the direction of Danny
Matos, the WHS Winter Guard has traveled to competitions in
Hillsborough, South Brunswick,
Somerville, and North Plainfield. They hope to continue their
success heading into the Mid-Atlantic Indoor Network
Championships at South Brunswick
High School on April 22nd.
Marching Band There will be an interest meeting
for any prospective 2017/2018 marching band members
(including current 8th graders) on
Monday, April 24th at 7:30pm in the WHS Auditorium. Hope to see
you there!
To find out more about becoming a part of the Blue Devil Band
program, head to:
www.westfieldhsbands.org/new-members.html
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Drama
Carrie, the Musical
The Westfield High School Theatre Department ventured into the
frightening world of high school, as
envisioned by Stephen King, when they presented Carrie, the Musical as their spring production this March. For those unfamiliar with
Carrie, it is the story of ultimate bullying and hazing. All of her
lonely childhood and
misunderstood teenage life, Carrie was secretly abused and beaten
into submission by her devotedly religious mother. Because of her
differences, Carrie was also the
constant target of abuse by her classmates. Since first grade,
Carrie had been the school's scapegoat and outcast. Indeed,
Carrie was at the bottom of the
social pyramid. But what no one knew, not even Carrie herself, was
that she was no ordinary girl. She had been blessed, or cursed, with
hidden telekinetic and telepathic powers that were dormant during
her youth, but were enflamed by
the time she was in high school. After an unexpected incident is the
girl’s locker room, a chain reaction of events occur that leads to not
only Carrie's demise but also
hundreds of others, whether guilty or innocent. It leads up to a prom
night that no one will ever forget.
The production was extremely successful and played to full
houses for all performances and
ended each with standing ovations. Featuring over 130
student actors, technicians and musicians, the production clearly
demonstrated the myriad talents of the WHS fine arts students and
their various disciplines. Based
upon the reactions of the audience members each night, Carrie, the Musical continued the level of
professionalism and excellence
that the Westfield community has come to expect from the WHSTD
while continuing the tradition of
producing lesser known works, including recent Paper Mill
Playhouse “Rising Star” Award recognized productions Sweeney Todd, Bat Boy, Anyone Can Whistle and Urinetown, the Musical. Congratulations to
everyone who participated in this outstanding production.
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Drama The Westfield High School drama
students are once again engaged in furthering their studies of the
world of theatre. In “Intro to Theatre”, the students have just
completed an investigation of
Roman Theatre and its contributions to world theatre. In
addition to the historical aspects of the period, the students also
examined the specific elements
from the time period still seen in contemporary theatre via the
performance of scenes from The Odd Couple (the Female Version), a comedy by Neil Simon. The “Theatre Workshop” students are
also exploring the world of
comedy, focusing on physical comedy and the Commedia
dell’Arte. This study included an exploration of the physical comedy
and the use of mask work. This
study will also include scene work from the contemporary comedy
The Art of Dining, by Tina Howe. In Drama 3, the students are
preparing for the annual Bucks
County Student One Act Play Festival, where they will perform
on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. This year those performances will
be scenes from For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls, by
Christopher Durang, Crimes of the Heart, by Beth Henley and Five Women Wearing the Same Dress, by Alan Ball. WHS students are also continuing their exploration of
the world of theatre behind the
scenes in the newly developed Stagecraft course. The students
are engaged in learning the various jobs that exist in the
technical theatre and the numerous employment
opportunities they present.
Currently, the students are learning the fundamentals of
lighting design and its various applications within the theatrical
production process. This unit will
conclude with student pairs reading a play and then designing
a lighting plan for the show.
Roosevelt
Intermediate
Art
The 7th grade students in Mrs.
Cohen's class are working on a design project relating to color,
shading, value, overlapping and pattern design. They draw a
minimum of 5 shapes, trace them
onto a 12X12 piece of white paper and each time a new shape is
formed a new pattern is created, they use colored pencils and then
outline their shapes with a black sharpie marker.
The 8th graders are continuing to work on their painted furniture
projects. They brought in a piece of wood furniture and are using
acrylic paints to create their designs. When they finish they
will coat them with polyurethane for protection.
The 6th graders in Mr. Greenwood’s
classes started the 3rd quarter looking at artwork from the Late
1950’s and early 1960’s, the Pop Art era. Students created color
drawings of popular foods using an
artistic interpretation manipulating color and scale. Taking a turn into
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Architectural design, students looked at the work of American
architect, Frank Lloyd Wright and created fantasy house designs.
Students were permitted and encouraged to push the limits of
creativity in design and location.
Also in the 3rd quarter students were introduced to the concepts of
pattern design while creating their own tessellations. Later the 6th
grade looked at Leonardo DaVinci
and his inventive side. Students were asked to create modern
inventions for today’s world and the future. Lastly the 6th grade is
looking at Art History by compiling an art history illustrated collage.
Each student was to take two or
more famous artworks and combine them together.
In Mr. Greenwood’s 8th grade
classes the semester started with a
new group of students. These students kicked off the year with
an introduction to Brazilian / American artist Romero Britto.
Britto, a contemporary artist who
works out of Miami Florida has a style and flair reminiscent of the
artwork of the 1960’s. With a concern for human rights and
positive uplifting motivation, many of his works can be seen in
commercial art applications today.
Most recently Britto’s work appeared in a 2017 Super Bowl
commercial. Next the 8th grade students were introduced to some
art history. The students were
required to research artists and select several famous artworks and
recreate them in a drawing. Upon completing the Art History project
students entered a discussion about what is one of the
motivations of the artist? Focusing
on how the artist wants their work to be seen, led to a discussion of
how artists accomplish this by manipulating the Art Elements to
attract viewer interest. The final
conclusions were Size or Scale are very important tools the artist
controls to gain interest. The students were then required to
complete an artwork 2”x2” incorporating as much detail as
possible in a miniature space.
Many of these 2x2 drawings were displayed around town for Youth
art Month; lastly the students are working on exploring the art of
Mendhi and Henna design. The
culminating project will be a sculpture for the District Art Show.
Music RIS Bands
It has been a busy couple of months for the RIS band program!
The 6th graders have begun
preparations for their spring concert. Students took part in the
process to choose concert repertoire, by listening to several
pieces and voting on which ones
they wanted to play. One of the leading vote getters is a fun piece
called “Swahili Folk Hymn”, which features a variety of percussion
instruments, including hand drums such as the conga and djembe.
This piece also allows students to
use the improvisational skills they have been working on this winter.
In the middle section of the piece individuals and groups are given
the ability to improvise their own
melody while the band accompanies with hand claps and
an ostinato pattern. The five major scales students have been
practicing diligently will be very useful in this endeavor!
The 7th grade band members have spent most of the winter months
practicing 8 major scales and preparing for Chamber Music Night
on April 26. The 7th grade is
divided into 5 ensembles: percussion, brass, saxophone,
flute, and clarinet. Each group is playing their own piece, and a
large part of the process of learning these pieces involved
independent practice with their peers. Some of the pieces being
played include works by the
Beatles, Beethoven, Mozart, and a traditional Irish folk song. Playing
in chamber ensembles is an excellent way for students to
improve their skills and sense of
responsibility, because of how small the groups are. Each
individual is responsible to the rest of the group to be prepared and
perform at a high level. Ms. Minogue and Mr. Doyle are very
proud of their hard work!
The 8th grade band has also spent
time working on chamber music for the April concert. The class was
divided into nine ensembles,
ranging between three and eight players. Each group selected their
own pieces from several that were provided, and have spent the
majority of their preparations
working in groups without the aid of a teacher. Ms. Minogue and Mr.
Doyle periodically meet with each group to coach them and help
their progress. The final presentations of the students work
will take place at the Chamber
Music Night on April 26.
The entire 8th grade band will be traveling to Neptune Township
High School on Thursday May 11
to participate in the annual CJMEA Concert Band and Orchestra
Festival. This event features bands and orchestras from all over
central New Jersey, and students will have the opportunity to watch
their peers perform and be
professionally adjudicated. The Roosevelt 8th Grade Band will be
joined by Mr. Scozzaro and the Edison 8th Grade Band as well! It is
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sure to be a valuable educational experience.
Jazz Ensembles
The RIS jazz ensembles have been very busy! On Saturday March 18,
the Jazz Band and Stage Band
performed to large, hungry crowds at the annual “Breakfast with the
Bands”, a scholarship fundraiser sponsored by the Westfield Rotary
Club. It was a wonderful morning,
featuring the jazz bands from Roosevelt, Edison, and WHS. The
Edison Chamber Orchestra also performed. On March 22, Mr.
Doyle and Ms. Minogue led both bands at the annual “Terrill in
Tempo” Jazz Festival at Terrill
Middle School in Scotch Plains. These groups played along with
seven other bands and were professionally adjudicated by
professional educators and
musicians. Students also had the chance to listen to bands from
neighboring towns. It is important that we support ALL students
involved in music, regardless of
where they live!
It has been a fun and busy winter, and the spring is shaping up for
much of the same! We hope to see you at the spring concerts!
2017/2018 WHS Marching Band informational meeting - interested 8th graders please see
page 6 for more information.
Drama
Bravo to the cast and crew of
Roosevelt Intermediate School's
production of FAME! The 3 night production brought the audience
to their feet!! The production team included Director Kimberly Jonny
and Musical Direction by Sabino
Losco and Karen Romero RIS staff members; Guest Choreographer
Samuel Spare and Set Design by Alan Van Antwerp.
Cast of Fame
Edison
Intermediate
Art
The 6th graders in Ms. Hooper's classes are finishing their Clay
Face Mugs. After learning how to
draw the human face in accurate proportion, the students sketched
two different ideas for their mug. They used their clay building skills
learned during the first marking period to successfully work with
clay using 3 simple methods:
Scoring (scratching into the clay), Slipping (adding water to the clay
to create a glue), and Smoothing (to make the clay have a clean,
neat surface). The clay has been
fired and will be glazed so that the mugs will be safe for drinking.
The students have also started a unit on Cartooning which is always
a favorite. We discussed the
history of cartooning and watched old videos created by Walt Disney,
the "father" of animation. The 6th graders are brainstorming ideas for
a cartoon cell which includes either animate or inanimate objects
having a conversation. Some very
clever cartoons are surfacing including the one in the
photograph!
The 7th graders are also working
on multiple projects. First, they are completing a Paper Mandala.
The history of the Mandala dates back centuries and was practiced
in many different cultures. The
students began this project by using pencil to sketch their ideas
onto a 'pie slice' which incorporated block lettering to spell
their name, nick name or other word. Afterwards, coordinating
designs were added using a black
sharpie marker to trace over the pencil. Lastly, the pie slice designs
were photocopied 6 times, cut and assembled to complete a full circle
or Mandala. The final result -
impressive!
The students are also in the
process of completing a Clay Gargoyle. This project coincides
with the Medieval Art and Architecture unit being studied in
their Social Studies classes. The
artists worked from a sketch to build an original Gargoyle which
showed expression. Expression
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can be conveyed through the eyes, nostrils and mouth of animals and
humans. Some of the Gargoyles are fiercely angry with furrowed
brows and pointed fangs, while others are happily smiling. Look
for some of their creatures at the
District Art Show!
Ms. Hooper's Fine Arts class started the semester by practicing
their drawing skills. They began
by choosing an object and drawing it using the Blind Contour method.
This style of drawing requires the artist to draw without looking at
their paper. To avoid the temptation of ' peaking' at their
papers, a piece of cardboard was
placed over their hand and drawing paper. The finished
renderings created some very expressive line drawings. The
next project, A Still Life in 3 Ways,
also utilized keen observation skills. Each student selected a
different object and created 3 identical renderings of the object.
Afterwards, the drawings were
shaded using hatching, cross - hatching and stippling to create
the illusion of form.
Lastly, the Fine Arts students have
begun the annual Large Portrait Project. Each student has
selected a photograph of a celebrity or VIP (Very Important
Person). A 1 inch grid has been
measured on top of each photograph and a 2 inch grid has
been completed on a large 18" X 24" white paper. The students
have chosen to work with pencil/charcoal or oil pastel. As
the grids are finished and color is slowly added, the likeness to the
character becomes apparent.
Although this is a time consuming exercise, it always yields beautiful
results.
Students in Ms. Hooper's Crafts class have begun a unit on Fibers
and are really enjoying their first
project which is making a Coil Basket. This project can be both
frustrating and rewarding because the basket should be aesthetically
pleasing in design, but also strong and neat. The baskets being
produced this marking period have
been a successful merge of both.
The students will also be learning about the process of Batiking (wax
resist), Sewing and Tie -Dye in this unit.
Seventh grade students are
finishing up their paper sculptures
after they did a design lesson in sharpie and marker to create a
sense of pattern and repetition. The students were told that they
needed a balance of black and
white so that their work would appear well when photocopied.
The 7th graders then had to measure their work so that they
could roll up their paper into tubes to create a sculpture that
demonstrated a use of gravity,
physics and positive and negative space. The students continued
their study of work in sculpture and form by drawing figures. Mrs.
Frees showed the students how to
create the figure in proportion and had students draw from life. They
then created a wire armature and used plaster to finish their
sculpture of a person in action.
They studied the work of Giacometti to create a finished
sculpture.
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Sixth grade students are studying
Egypt in their history classes. To
cover a cross curricular lesson they are using plaster and a recycled
bottle to make Canopic jars that represent different Egyptian Gods.
They were to build with newspaper and plaster to create the shape of
the Egyptian God they chose. They
were then to follow a guide sheet with basic Hieroglyphics to make
their jars as authentic as possible with our knowledge of Egyptian
culture. They are having fun with
this material and doing a great job.
Eighth graders are finishing up a
project on Surrealism and drawing
the facial features incorporating the work of Surrealists such as De
Chirico, Miro, Dali and a bit of Frida Kahlo (not often considered
herself a Surrealist) They were to learn to draw the facial features in
Realism and then alter the
background and presentation of their final work for a Surreal look.
They are doing small face drawings in preparation for their
large Pop Art portraits coming up
next. Mrs. Frees is very proud of all the creative ideas that her
students are developing.
Music
EIS Bands
It is a very exciting time for the EIS bands. Students have been
playing in small ensembles, working on the importance of
individual responsibility in a chamber group. In addition, all
students have been improving
their individual skills by mastering their major scales.
2017 has brought some major
accolades for the EIS band
program. Six students were accepted into the prestigious
CJMEA Jr. Region Band. Earning
acceptance into the Wind Ensemble were 8th graders Robbie
Strauss, Kailey Zhao, and Aprina Wang and 7th grader Amy Xiao.
Performing with the Symphonic Band were 8th grader Jamie Beyert
and 7th grader Conor Daly.
Also earning a high honor was the
8th grade woodwind quintet featuring Robbie Strauss, Ellery
Wolf, Jamie Beyert, Kailey Zhao,
and Aprina Wang. These students auditioned and were accepted to
Lincoln Center’s Young Ensemble Concert. These students will be
performing at Lincoln Center on May 25. In addition to the
concert, the students will receive
two professional coaching sessions by Artists of the Chamber Music
Society.
Preparing for the CJMEA Jr. Region
Concert Band Festival and annual Six Flags festival, the 8th grade
band is working on a challenging piece entitled, “American
Riversongs” by Pierre La Plant.
The piece features traditional American folk songs and the
students are challenged to play in complex time signatures with
difficult rhythms.
The Jazz Band had a great
performance at the Breakfast with the Bands fundraiser performance.
Playing some hits from Count Basie and Thelonius Monk, the band
showcased some of its outstanding
musicians who played both written out solos and improvised solos.
The jazz band is also looking forward to performing for the Six
Flags festival this spring. This spring will be highlighted with a
field trip to Jazz at Lincoln Center
where the students will be watching an open rehearsal of
Wynton Marsalis and his band.
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EIS Orchestra Spring is upon us and concerts are
fast approaching! Some of the Department’s new Spring
repertoire includes Pachelbel’s Canon in D, Soon Hee Newbold’s
Warrior Legacy and Lion City, as
well as excerpts from Handel’s Water Music Suite. As the 6th, 7th,
and 8th Grade Orchestras work diligently on their upcoming
concert music, we also have some
other exciting news in our Strings Department.
In mid-March, four of Edison
Intermediate School’s students auditioned for All-State
Intermediate Orchestra and ALL
FOUR students were accepted into the ensemble! We are so proud of
all four of these hard working, talented young musicians!
Left to Right: 6th Grade Kevin
Chen, Viola; 7th Grade Amy Xiao,
Violin; 8th Grade Kelly Eagan, Bass; 8th Grade Dylan McCann, Viola.
2017/2018 WHS Marching Band informational meeting -
interested 8th graders please see
page 6 for more information.
Drama
Congratulations to the cast and
crew of Footloose! This fun and
high energy musical wowed audiences at Edison Intermediate
School on March 10 and 11. It was a great show that was
highlighted by awesome
performances by many of EIS' finest actors, singers, and
dancers, including Sean Marner in the role of Ren, Mckenzie
Waddell in the role of Ariel, Dan Shakal in the role of Willard, Henry
Stewart in the role
of Reverend Moore, as well as energetic performances from an
amazing and inspiring cast that helped to make this show a
gigantic success.
What also makes this show special
is that all facets of the show was student run. Every job, from stage
crew to lights, from house crew to
sound, from costumes to PR designs, was a complete student-
run production. Hats off to you EIS! You all deserve to cut loose
and enjoy your amazing job! Well Done!
Franklin
Elementary
Art
Under the direction of Mrs.
Coveney at Franklin school, the art
students are certainly demonstrating creative growth and
learning. A wide range of projects and media are being introduced
and experienced.
The 2nd grade students are
experiencing the element of texture. Texture is how something
feels through touch. What better way to create texture then to do a
fish rubbing. Aluminum foil and sharpies are the media of choice.
Each student creates graduated sizes of fish. They are then traced
on their foil. A plastic mesh is laid
under the foil and rubbed with colored sharpies. This creates the
scales in a variety of colors. They shimmer on their background and
the end result is a success.
The 3rd grade students are
finishing up on their symmetrical masks. A 3-D project is being
introduced as they use Model Magic. A drawing or thumbnail
sketch was done which assisted
them while they created their sculpture. Colored model magic
proved to be a satisfying medium. Dimension and form came alive
with the layering of colors. Texture
was seen and felt. Scissors were a great tool for this medium. Once
dried, a gloss was applied and the bird was ready for flight.
The 4th grade students reviewed positive, negative space and
shape. A block letter was created and set in a drawn grid. To
enhance their learning, the works of Robert Indiana were observed
and discussed as he used positive
and negative space in this art work. The students were asked to
follow a pattern that they created using fluorescent paints. They
were to determine where the
positive shapes could be seen and the negative space could be found.
The level of concentration and the attention to detail is what creates
the effectiveness of the painting. Success was achieved.
The 5th grade students reviewed tints. A tint is when white is added
to any color. The students select a color and begin to create tints.
They start by painting the lightest
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tint in a centrifugal pattern in a circle. As they paint away from the
center, the color gets darker until they paint out to the edge of the
paper with the original color. This forms a moonlight sky which has
added mountains, trees and their
landscape is created. Instruction is given on how to create distance
using graduated sizes and a fan brush technique is developed. All
was enjoyed.
Music
For the past month, the students
at Franklin have been working hard to prepare for their upcoming
Music in Our Schools Month concerts on April 4. They will be
celebrating this wonderful occasion
through singing, dancing, and playing on instruments. This year’s
theme is “Music Inspires”, so come and see how music has inspired
these budding musicians.
After a wonderful time with our
student teacher from Kean, Ms. Francis, we are fortunate to have
another music student teacher from Rutgers, Miss Reineke. She is
a music education major with a concentration in voice. Miss
Reineke has already been doing an
excellent job of preparing the Franklin students for their
upcoming concerts, and we look forward to many more exciting
lessons with her until the end of her placement.
During the month of April, the
students will revisit their rhythm concepts and continue to build
their reading and playing fluency. They’ll also continue to apply their
knowledge as they compose using
the elemental building blocks for rhythm. Some of this work will be
seen at the upcoming concert as the 1st graders present their
rhythmic compositions while others
will showcase their creative movement routine at the same
time.
On May 18th, the 5th grade chorus
will present two concerts for both the Franklin students during the
day and their parents in the evening. They are being
challenged this year with repertoire that includes high school
level material, a piece performed
in All City Chorus a few years ago, and a world drumming piece that
includes multiple multicultural percussion instruments. The Glee
Club will also be performing a
couple of more popular pieces.
Jefferson
Elementary Art
The children in 1st grade have learned about landscapes. They've
made their own cityscapes, and now they are creating
DREAMSCAPES. While studying
the Jewish painter, Marc Chagall, students are coming up with
fascinating compositions that have animals playing musical
instruments, people from their lives flying through the sky, and
dream houses made out of
anything they can imagine. This project really flexes those
creativity muscles.
In 2nd grade we have just begun
our Flower Weaving projects, just in time for Spring! The children
are learning about cutting out interior spaces, designing flowers,
and will be weaving the inside of the interior space. It's difficult for
the students to weave at first, but
once they get the hang of it, they are really proud of their work.
Third graders have been learning
about color theory in a variety of
ways and in a variety of projects. They will be making a color wheel
by infusing primary colored paint into clay, then mixing the clay to
get the secondary colors. To
welcome Spring, they will be making tissue paper flowers.
Fourth graders are learning about
totem poles and the north pacific tribes that make them. They will
be using cardboard to make their
own totem pole animals. The kids get to use hot glue on this one;
they are very excited about it.
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And 5th grades are making their fabric mache fish, based on the
works of Dan, "The Monster Man" Reeder. Our next unit will be a
drawing unit that teaches the students to draw a still life in a
variety of mediums and styles.
The focus is on how to see things as an artist. It takes some time,
but the end results are worth it.
McKinley
Elementary Art
First grade artists are working on
their Cityscape collage where they learned what a skyline is and how
it is different than a horizon line. The students also better
understood background /
foreground, geometric shapes and about various iconic buildings
throughout the United States.
Second grade artists are exploring
printmaking as they make their own stamp prints. These artists
are learning about pattern, repetition and mixing colors
through layering. A fun and messy
lesson that all are enjoying. We will end the unit with a look into
an eclectic mix of famous works by printmakers like MC Escher,
Albrecht Durer, Andy Warhol,
Hokusai, Jasper Johns and Goya.
Third grade artists love their time working with plaster strips as they
construct their own relief
sculptures. The students get a better grasp for the task at hand
and how hard they will have to work as they look at Roman and
Greek sculpture for inspiration. We reflect on negative/positive space
and experiment with metallic
paints in the final stages. Can’t wait to exhibit a few of these
beauties at the District Art Show in May!
Fourth grade artists are working on their own self-made
scratchboards. First we practiced with readymade scratchboards and
then moved into making our own.
Students were asked to bring in their own photo to inspire their
work and it’s great to see what really motivates them to make art.
Elements of color, value and
texture are evident in each masterpiece
Fifth grade artists have just completed a large unit on collage.
The students sketched self-
portraits working from mirrors and careful observation. After their
sketch was made, the students continued to use mirrors to identify
warm/cool skin tones in their face and construct their portraits using
a variety of skin toned colored
papers. Focus and dedication was necessary for each artist to
complete these intricate works of art. Patterned paper was
introduced at the end of the
project to create much needed contrast and provide more interest
to the portrait.
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Music
At McKinley School the 1st graders
have been learning about dynamics. Below is a picture of
their dynamic flowers!
The 2nd graders have been busy
using bells and boomwhackers.
They have been using videos on musication online to play. Students
have also celebrated Music in Our Schools Month by making some
shamrocks with reasons why music
is important.
The 5th graders are preparing to sing the National Anthem at the
Somerset Patriots game on May 6th! They are also getting ready
for their upcoming concert on May
10th which will be featuring an appearance by Jesse Ruben who
has been working with our school on "We Can" Projects this year.
Going with our school wide theme,
the theme for our spring concert will be "We Can"!
Tamaques
Elementary Art
Tamaques School is buzzing with
beautiful sculptures! Honey bees
created by the 1st graders, can be found flying in the main office and
the school library! Inspired by a school wide initiative to raise
money for the Heifer Organization, Ms. Ciaramella created the bee
project after a colleague, Mary Montes made the suggestion. Ms.
Monte’s class chose to purchase
honey bees with their fundraising dollars. Stop by to see them…they
are BEEutiful!
Grade two also focused on 3-
dimensional form, are currently plastering the birds they built with
newspaper and tape. They are
eagerly awaiting the painting phase!
The 3rd grade is finishing their unit
on complementary colors which
included several projects. They explored this component of color
theory through collage and printmaking, as well as realistic
painting where they learned that a neutralized complement can be
used to create shades and
shadows.
Grade four is also studying color theory. Focusing on color value,
they are busy creating monochromatic paintings with tints
and shades. After transferring images with carbon paper that
students found on the computer,
they practiced creating value scales and began their
masterpieces.
Fifth grade recently completed a
comic strip version self-portrait inspired by the work of Roy
Lichtenstein. Using the computer, they created and included thought
bubbles with hash tags or self-descriptive words or phrases.
They will further explore visual
communication with their next project, sewn emoji stuffies to clip
on their back pack!
Music
Now that winter is finally behind
us, Tamaques is turning the corner in our music classes from
introduction to application. Our 1st graders will be reinforcing their
knowledge of rhythm, pitch, dynamics, and instrumentation
through listening examples and
through various interactive games and songs.
In 2nd grade, students will be
focused on heightening their
understanding of rhythmic values as well as tempo terms through
many activities such as “Mr. M’s Music Matching Memory Game.”
These students will also be learning various songs dedicated
to our armed forces in preparation
for Memorial Day.
Third grade students wait in eager anticipation for arguably their most
defining musical moment of their
elementary school experience in their choice for instruments in 4th
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grade. To prepare them for an educated and sound decision, we
will be discussing the differences between instruments and
instrument families as well as preparing their note-reading ability
to take that next step.
For those who are in 4th and 5th
grade, music class combines a higher level of detail in rhythm and
pitch identification and more
creative ways to apply that knowledge. Students will be
composing and experimenting with various sounds and songs that will
help them grow in their musicality.
The Tamaques 5th Grade Chorus is
also excited for their presentation of the Spring Concert on May 23rd.
With the theme of “That’s Entertainment,” the Tamaques
audience will be enjoying
performances from all forms of media in a way they will never
forget.
Tamaques & Washington
4th & 5th Grade Band The Tamaques and Washington
4th grade bands are busy preparing for their Spring
Concerts. In addition to their weekly lessons, the students are
participating in the weekly before
school band rehearsals. Selections for the spring concerts include
favorites: “Old MacDonald had a Band”, “Hard Rock Blues”, “When
the Saints Go Marching In”, and
many others!
The Washington and Tamaques 5th grade bands are also preparing
for their Spring Concert. This year’s theme is “That’s
Entertainment!” The 5th grade
band will perform “Do-Re-Mi”, from THE SOUND OF MUSIC. The
band is also working on “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”,
from MARY POPPINS, “Star Wars”
and “Happy” from DESPICABLE ME 2. The concerts are free and open
to the public. Come hear our exciting progress!
Congratulations to all of the
Washington and Tamaques Band
student who were accepted into the 2017 All City Band!
Washington
Elementary Art
Currently, 1st graders are hard at
work learning about (and creating!) traditional folk art from
South America! First graders read
the book Mola, Cuna Life Stories & Art, before creating their own
molas. Traditionally, molas are elaborate hand-sewn tapestries
that are worn as a woman's blouse
or hung on display. These hand-crafted works of art traditionally
tell a story and are always created by the women in the community.
Second grade is busy learning
about perspective while drawing
fields full of wildflowers! Students learned about the foreground,
middle ground, and background of a painting and how size is a great
way to show perspective within a
work of art. After learning about how to represent space and
distance through proportion, students created a one-point
perspective field of flowers.
The 3rd graders learned about
how to combine simple shapes to create a more complex form while
drawing their own African masks. Students were encouraged to tell
a story with their African mask and
learned about how the most traditional masks were created
using all natural materials that were harvested from nature.
Fourth grade is working on artwork
inspired by their own identity while they complete their "Tree as Me"
project. Students were instructed
to draw a tree that was planted on the day they were born. Their tree
would be as old as they are today and could be in any environment
and contain any element that best
represents them.
The 5th grade students studied the famous Russian painter Kandinsky
before creating the framework for their own piece of abstract art.
Students learned about how to
creatively follow a specific list of questions to draw their own
abstract drawing. After their abstract drawing was created,
students were encouraged to use
any dry art material they wanted to add color, patterns, visual
texture or shadow to their work of art.
Music
This school year has gone by so
incredibly fast! The students here at Washington put on our
Valentine’s/Presidents’ Day Sing-Along in February, which was a
huge success. It’s exciting to see how the students are constantly
improving their music skills and
abilities every day!
In the past few months, we have been building on concepts such as
pitch and melody in music. We have been playing lots of games
and singing songs to help improve
our ability to match pitch and feel the placement of it in our voices.
We have continued talking more about rhythm, as the 1st and 2nd
graders can now recognize patterns of pitches and rhythms
much better than before! We use
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foods and other words to instill these rhythmic patterns. The 3rd,
4th, and 5th graders have been able to identify solfege syllables
with hand signs and read complicated rhythmic patterns,
often reading videos containing a
consistent beat. Some of our favorite games include: “Pass the
beat around the room”, “Simon Sings”, “Salami”, and “Don’t clap
this one back”. Many of these are
“out” games, which are an encouraging and fun way for
students to stay motivated and competitive, while training their
ears!
The students have also learned about texture in music, and they
were physically able to see a music
score through something called an animated score. These animated
scores are videos found on YouTube that travel in real time.
The colors of the animation
symbolize what instruments are playing, and the shapes describe
the length and often dynamics of notes. The placement of where the
notes are on the page, correlate with the pitch whether moving or
staying still, high or low. The
students were fascinated by these animated scores, especially the
pieces that included symphony orchestras, as the animations
became much more complex!
We have been learning a number of folk and partner songs, which
help students stay involved, keep a
steady beat, recognize pitch and form, while dancing and moving.
Students have been able to create their own dances and hand
motions for songs, allowing room
for creativity and self-expression. We have also used some
instruments, such as bells, sticks, boomwhackers, and drums to add
different textures to our musical
experiences. A favorite of ours includes “boomwhackers”, which
are pitched tubes of various sizes. The length correlates with the
pitch, and we created songs by whacking them on the floor at the
appropriate time. The students enjoy playing songs with these
instruments.
Every year, March is designated as Music in our Schools Month by
the National Association for Music Education. At Washington School,
we try to do something special to
celebrate music. The students all created, and decorated music
symbols, notes, and instruments to illustrate what music means to
them. The theme was to spread joy by sharing our music to others!
Parents of 4th and 5th graders,
who play instruments, were invited to come in and perform for their
child’s class. We had quite a few responses, and the students
enjoyed having their parents come
in to perform! We also sang a Patriotic song as a school during
the morning announcements a
few times a week during the month.
It was wonderful
seeing how important music
is to our students and school
community.
Our 5th graders have been
working very diligently these past
few months in chorus. We are excited to be singing the National
Anthem at the Somerset Patriots’ baseball game again this upcoming
May 5th. We are also preparing for
our final Spring concert, which is Thursday, May 18th at 7pm. Some
of our “entertainment” themed
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concert songs include: “Under the Sea” from The Little Mermaid,
“You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from Toy Story, “Scales and
Arpeggios” from The Aristocats, “In Summer” from Frozen and a
few others. We hope to see you
there!
Wilson
Elementary Art
What are organic shapes? What are geometric shapes? The 1st
grade classes found out the
answers to these questions when Mrs. Massenzio explained that
organic shapes are often free form and have curved edges, as
opposed to geometric shapes, which have straight edges, like a
triangle or square. Each student
diligently created organic shapes, and used them in a paper lava
lamp. The children got very creative, and really enjoyed seeing
the results!
Dolls are a part of every culture.
Each culture has unique and interesting customs, and Japan is
no exception! Second grade students learned all about
Japanese Kokeshi dolls. The
children watched a video of a Japanese man creating a Kokeshi
doll. Second grade classes produced impressive results with
their own Kokeshi dolls, and the
students were thrilled with the results!
Third grade students at Wilson had
fun creating winter pictures of ice skaters. Emphasis is one of the
principles of design, used by artists
to focus in on a particular part of their picture. Third grade classes
focused on the skates and the skater’s legs. Using a collage
technique, each student added their own creative touches to
produce wonderful results!
Students in 4th grade really
enjoyed making their very own “wanted” poster to be used in
conjunction with our previous “wild west” themed cowboy boot. This
will be a fun way to learn about
proper facial feature placement, and how to create facial emotions
in their drawings. The goal is for the student to acquire basic
knowledge, skills and experience with portrait drawing. Inherent in
the process, the students will
analyze and exercise a chance to creatively express themselves.
Fifth grade students created
beautiful lighthouses, using a
mixed media, collage technique. Lighthouses have been used as
navigational aids for sailors for thousands of years. There are
about 340 lighthouses in the
United States today. Every lighthouse has a distinctive pattern
of light known as its characteristic. Sandy Hook, New Jersey has the
oldest operating lighthouse in the United States. Perspective,
analogous colors, and texture were
focal points. This lesson also coordinates with their classroom
studies; they will be going to Sandy Hook for a class trip.
Music
How many major composers can
you name, and what are some of
the works for which they are famous? Students at all grade
levels continue to increase their knowledge of famous composers
and compositions while listening
and moving to the music. Some of our favorites: Grieg’s In the Hall
of the Mountain King, Mozart’s Turkish Rondo, Tchaikovsky’s
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Beethoven’s Fur Elise and Ode to
Joy.
Second and fourth graders
continue to study intervals, and especially enjoy the healthy
competition provided by two-team matches. Name the interval,
Family Feud style!
Our third and fourth graders
prepared a special March performance in celebration of
Music in Our Schools Month, to be performed for the Wilson School
parents. Represented on the
program were Caribbean Calypso, the American Spiritual and
American folk music, to name a few.
Fifth graders move closer to their Spring concert, preparing
repertoire in Hebrew, Spanish and Japanese! Shalom, muchas
gracias and sayonara!!
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Lincoln
School
At Lincoln School, the kindergarteners all worked very
hard for their Sing-a-Long on March 31st. These growing artists
did an amazing job creating Jasper John-inspired, word paintings
helping to set the mood for our
sing-a-long theme. Each artist chose a word that tells the viewer
something about being Courageous and Kind.
In April and May, we will be travelling around the world and
back in time. First, the Japanese art of fish printing called Gyotaku
will be explored. Then, we will be learning about the first artists
through cave painting. The kinders
really do love to explore how others make art.
The littlest artists at Lincoln will be focusing on all things spring in
April and May. From Georgia O’Keeffe’s big and bold flowers and
Van Gogh’s sunflowers to cheery
cherry blossoms that help us welcome spring, we will be
exploring many different ways to create flowers. We will also explore
many ways to create art when we
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Upcycle!
In music they have been a buzz for
the last several weeks getting
ready for their Sing-a-Long on March 31st. In keeping with the
theme “Have Courage and Be Kind” and featuring the book,
Courage by Bernard Weber, students sang many songs and
even shared their own ways they
have had courage!
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Westfield Coalition for the Arts
FALL 2016
Dear Westfield Parents:
Another school year is upon us and we are here, once again, ready to advocate for the ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS! Our mission is to act as an advocate for all of the arts, including music, drama, visual arts, and dance in all of the Westfield Public Schools, by speaking out on behalf of the arts, maintaining public awareness and utilizing sources of community, financial and philosophical support.
Each year we award grants to different arts programs in the schools based upon applications submitted to us from the Westfield Schools’ faculty. This year, we were happy to award over $25,000 in grant money for the following: Guest Band Conductor at RIS, continuing education programs for several faculty members, an art project that connected Tamaques 4th graders with students in Rwanda, Africa, sound-recording equipment for the WHS Choirs, new instruments for the WHS bands, new uniforms and instruments for the WHS Marching Band, a new piano for Jefferson, magnetic chalkboard for art classes at EIS, a new kiln for ceramics at WHS, new costume accessories for EIS’ Broadway Singers, percussion instruments for EIS, and a digital keyboard for RIS. We are so fortunate to live in a community that reveres the arts and believes strongly in nourishing the diverse talents of our youth. Demonstrate YOUR commitment to the arts by making a donation today. With your donations we are able to assist the music, choral, fine art, and theatre programs at the elementary, intermediate and high school levels. We are an independent, not-for-profit organization, and we depend solely on the generosity of parents and supporters. In addition, the Coalition is interested in your ideas, suggestions, and comments and hope that you will take the time to email us at [email protected]. PLEASE “LIKE” us on FACEBOOK and visit our website: http://www.WestfieldCoalitionForTheArts.weebly.com. We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your support.
~ Margaret Smith, W.C.A. President _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Yes, I/we would like to support the WCA. I/we will donate:
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In appreciation of your gift of $75.00 or more, your name will print in the Winter & Spring concert programs. Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________ (If donating $75 or more, please print the name as you would like it to appear in the programs.) Email: _________________________________________________Phone: _______________________________________
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Please make checks payable to Westfield Coalition for the Arts, and mail to: WCA Treasurer, 562 Pierson St., Westfield NJ 07090