Art clubs!

On fridays the 5th grade goes to their choice of AMPt clubs, the art club has been busy working on making plaster masks.

Wonderful work guys!!!

Donations!

The art room is in need to tissues and bandaids!

If you would like to donate to the art room, please leave your donation with the front desk or have your child bring it to Ms. Seikaly in the art room!

Thank you so much!

I can not believe it is already the end of the first quarter! the time is flying by and we are in full art mode, I am excited to see the Kindergarten classes again after a 5 week brake. Some of the thing we are working on right now are-

1st grade - patterns and design

2nd grade - fall leaf designs, pumpkin patterns and art centers

3rd grade - fall leaf designs, animals in my window and patterns

4th grade - Greek temples, water color and tape designs

5th grade - Greek temples and learning about the artists Frank Stella.

I hope to be posting photos soon of the amazing work the students are doing!

collecting boxes!

The art room is looking for boxes!

food boxes, cereal boxes, shoe boxes.

aprox. 5in x 8in x 3in.

please save your boxes and send them to the art room!

Please join us for a night of fun and PANCAKES!

Please join us for ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Pancakes!

PANCAKE BREAKFAST is BACK!!

Served with SAUSAGE, ORANGE DRINK & COFFEE

BY: CHRIS CAKES

LOCATION: Ellen Thompson (front parking lot if weather permits)

Date: Thursday September 29, 2011

Time: 5:00-7:00 p.m.

COST: $6.00 per person at the front desk

$7.00 per person at the door

(Children under 2 free)

This event is helping to rase money for the K-1 classes.

AMPT Times

New AMPT times for the year!

3rd grade 9:00-9:55

4th grade 10:00-10:55

2nd grade 11:00-11:55

Lunch 12:00-12:25

Kindergarten 12:30-1:25

1st grade 1:30 - 2:25

5th grade - 2:30-3:25

Please note the changes from last year.

Welcome Back!!!

Hello UPA families and friends!

My name is Danielle Seikaly and I am so excited to be starting my 4th year as your students visual art teacher. I am a highly qualified teacher receiving my BFA from the collage For Creative Studies in Detroit, my MTTC from CCS and I am now working on my masters in Art Education from Wayne State University.

This year in the art room we will be covering it all! from cutting and glueing to more advanced works of mixing colors and 3D wood sculptures all while achieving the Michigan Visual Art Standards for each grade and having fun!