The Dusty Art Room

Exciting news! One of my students, Mark, was selected as an artist of the week finalist in the 7th - 9th grade category on Artsonia!  If Mark's artwork receives enough votes, then he will win a plaque and a $50 gift card for Blick Art Materials.  The art room would receive a $100 gift card for Blick Art Materials too! Vote for Mark's artwork on Artsonia!  You can vote once a day per computer, so share the news with family and friends.  Voting is open until Saturday and results are announced on Sunday. Click Here to Vote While you are there, stop on by and check out all the AMAZING artwork from Hester students - we have already added 760 artworks in the last trimester! Whoa! Hester Artsonia Gallery I am one super proud art teacher!

As we convert the art classroom to a ROLE classroom (Results Only Learning Environment) this year, midterms will look a bit different.   A ROLE classroom seeks to encourage students to take control of their own learning while developing individual skills and a desire to take creative risks.   While I know this is new to most, my goal is to help students form personal goals, formulate a strategy, assess the results, and strategize a new plan until the goal is met.    Midterm grades were determined based on a conference between the student and I.  A record of the conversation is recorded in the comments section of the "Midterm" assignment in Powerschool.   Here's a few examples of what this feedback might look like:  "Student A is doing well being nice to others and trying his best. His projects are also creative and unique. Student A feels he could improve on staying on task. Goals for the rest of the the trimester: To check Ar...