Mr. Tom is a part of our classrooom this year through a cadet teacher program with the VanBuren Intermediate School District. He is a senior at Watervliet High School and attended North School as a student. He comes to the classroom three afternoons a week and assists the students as well as the teacher. He also has to teach several lessons throughout the schoolyear. He is an excellent addition to the classroom and will be an excellent teacher once he finishes his degree at Grand Valley State University, where he is planning to attend this fall.
(I tried to talk him into CMU-no luck.)
Tom is an excellent art student and did this lesson inspired by Henri Matisse. The students learned the different Medias in which Matisse worked, and then worked together to come up with their own collages by "drawing with scissors." They were not allowed to use any writing utensils when making these projects. They turned out FANTASTIC. If you are at North School, check them out in the hallways!
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| Tyler & Dago work on their
Matisse inspired rendition of a football field. |
Mr. Schooley discusses MEAP scores
while the boys work on their Matisse inspired football field. |
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| Cheyenne, Kelsey & Avree work
on their music inspred collage as Mr. Tom Looks on. |
Alexa, Alissa, & Sunny work on
their picnic collage that had bees, food, and even a an ant hill! |
