Highland Elementary School
Burlington, North Carolina
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Ms. Lisa Baker
Visual Art Specialist Teacher
Highland Elementary School
  
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Artwork Exhibits - this school year (since July 2012)
 
Crazy Creative Birds (10 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Rattlesnakes (66 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Matisse Masterpiece (97 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Flowers for Mom (52 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Mom Masterpiece (33 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Warm/Cool Weaving (20 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Color Wheel Cars (89 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Second grade students learned about color theory and created color wheels using only the primary colors of paint. The ne ...
   
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Patterned animals (3 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Patterned Monkey (73 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Sea Creatures (18 artworks)
Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Toucans (1 artwork)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Rainforest Animals (12 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Farm Animals (12 artworks)
May 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Jun 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Keeping with the theme of using recycled materials, fourth grade students created a collage artwork of a still life cont ...
   
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Blue Dog (56 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
5th grade students learned about the Cajun artist George Rodrigue and his Blue Dog artwork that was inspired by a dog he ...
   
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Green Grinch (11 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Plastic Bottle Fish (21 artworks)
Apr 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Snakes in the Garden (89 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Patterned Bunny (53 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Second graders created these bunnies with unique patterns all over their body using markers and crayons. Paint was used ...
   
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Beautiful Bunnies (13 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Bunnies and Baskets (68 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students first drew their bunny by following a guided drawing exercise where we looked at the size and shap ...
   
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Cardboard Characters (15 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Cardboard was recycled and cut up into different shapes and pieces to create a character in the Cubist style of Picasso, ...
   
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Mouse Paint (51 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students got to experiment with mixing paint colors and learned that when they mixed two primary colors tog ...
   
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Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Pop Art Presidents (80 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
5th grade students learned about Andy Warhol and his style of creating popular images filled with bright colors known as ...
   
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Rainbow Weaving (56 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Leprechan (21 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Killer Whales (83 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Colorful Crabs (46 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Cut Paper Snowflakes (16 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Cropped Snowman (31 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Skiing Snowman (51 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Iditarod Sled Dog (40 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
2nd grade students learned about the Iditarod Race and they each chose a Musher to keep up with to log their progress du ...
   
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Recycled Paper Penguins (13 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Duck Rabbit (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Do you see a Duck or a Rabbit? Kindergarten students observed the illustrations in the book Duck Rabbit and noticed that ...
   
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Paper Pizzas (19 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Tin Man's Heart (49 artworks)
Mar 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Grid Pattern Hearts (57 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Students came up with their own unique grids by drawing vertical and horizontal lines on a square paper. Then they drew ...
   
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Special Valentine (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Love is... (20 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Ms. Armstrong's 2nd grade students were given the prompt "Love is..." and they first wrote what love meant to them then ...
   
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Rainbow Colored Heart (1 artwork)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Puppy Love (58 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Students drew and combined heart shapes to create these cute puppies.
   
 
LOVE Letters (20 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Inspired Hearts (6 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
These heart images were created by Ms. Brain's Kindergarten class after they finished their other heart project. They we ...
   
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Paper Bag Hearts (35 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Several 4th grade classes recycled paper grocery bags to create a unique folded heart shaped valentine to give to someon ...
   
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Kindergarten Hearts (79 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students learned about the artist Jim Dine and viewed his many images he created using the heart shape. Stu ...
   
 
Designer Snowflakes (7 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Third grade students created an artwork that rotated around the center point of a square. They drew either penguins, sno ...
   
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Snowman (10 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Angry Birds (42 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Polar Bears in the Snow (72 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Pandas (79 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Valentine Design (1 artwork)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Polar Bears (42 artworks)
Feb 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Several 5th grade classes learned how to draw a realistic close-up view of a polar bear. They used pencils to add shadin ...
   
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Hibernating Brown Bears (102 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Dragons (78 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Penguin Paradise (88 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
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Arctic Animals (63 artworks)
Jan 2013, taught by Lisa Baker
Several classes of 5th and 4th grade students used the school laptops and researched different types of animals that liv ...
   
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Purr...dy Kitty (1 artwork)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Winter Snowman (3 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Rudolph (70 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
This artwork was created by several different grade levels as a one day project the week before you know...the big event ...
   
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Simple Santa (22 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students experimented with printmaking and how artists can create printed designs on paper. They used objec ...
   
 
Delaunay Designed Trees (22 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Several 5th grade classes learned how to use a compass to draw perfect circle shapes. They learned right away that it t ...
   
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Partridge in a Pear Tree (78 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Christmas Cupcake (2 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Nutcrackers (71 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
3rd grade students looked at various nutcrackers and learned historical facts about nutcrackers. They noticed how the fa ...
   
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Olive the Other Reindeer (90 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Did you know there was another reindeer? After showing the book Olive the Other Reindeer to students they learned about ...
   
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Carolina Cardinals (23 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Whimsical Winter (2 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Christmas Creations (8 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Sunflowers (29 artworks)
Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Dec 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Highland Hawks (6 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Scarecrows (68 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Autumn Leaves (75 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Tantalizing Turkeys (68 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Woven Webs & 3D Spiders (103 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Fifth grade students learned weaving techniques such as how to construct a paper plate loom with warp threads and how to ...
   
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Spider Sketches (12 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Hoot Owls (33 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Monsters (66 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Costume Design (1 artwork)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Frankenstein Face (68 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students used scissors to cut shapes to become Frankenstein's face. Triangle shapes were the trickiest shap ...
   
 
Freehand Frank (12 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Ms. Curry's Kindergarten class drew Frankenstein by hand by drawing shapes such as rectangles, triangles, circles and ov ...
   
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Owls at Night (25 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Triangle Witch Collage (97 artworks)
Nov 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
2nd grade first used oil pastels and paint to create the background setting for their witch. They learned how to blend c ...
   
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Paper Pumpkins (93 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
After a field trip to the pumpkin patch 1st grade students were very excited to create a collage artwork of a pumpkin. T ...
   
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Halloween Creations (5 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Colorful Caterpillars (46 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students practiced using oil pastels to create these colorful caterpillars. Don't you just love some of the ...
   
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Cursive Skeletons (56 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
4th grade students learned how they could write their name in cursive or plain style and use it to become part of the bo ...
   
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Scary Cats (62 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students drew a scary cat after listening to the story "Boo to You" by Lois Ehlert. They used permanent bla ...
   
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Day of the Dead Skulls (106 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Calacas (91 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Titanic (1 artwork)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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The Color of Us (98 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
First grade students created a mini version of themself using tagboard. They colored their skin tone using crayons to bl ...
   
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Animals (20 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Shape Creations (16 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Students arranged and combined geometric shapes together to create these unique images.
   
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Wild Horses (78 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Contour Line Design (66 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
4th grade students chose a color of construction paper and cut it from one corner to the opposite corner to create a con ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Fifth grade students explored all the different kinds of lines they could create by drawing Zentangles all over their pa ...
   
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Squiggly Line Painting (51 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Third grade students drew a squiggly line across their paper with a permanent black marker and then painted repeated lin ...
   
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Dots (15 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Ms. Gruener's third grade class started their artwork off with just a dot on their paper and continued to add more dots ...
   
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Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Kindergarten students observed and listened to the story called The Dot about a little boy who thought he was'nt good at ...
   
 
Extra Art (66 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
Sometimes students are inspired to create art on their own in their free time. This exhibit is a good way to share and a ...
   
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Dallas's Drawings (5 artworks)
Oct 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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School Bus (1 artwork)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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1st Name Designs (97 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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2nd Name Designs (70 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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3rd Name Designs (59 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Mini Masterpieces (3 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
When students finish art activities early they have a chance to create an original Mini Masterpiece. They can create a s ...
   
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Opt Art Name (50 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
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Letter Stack (43 artworks)
Sep 2012, taught by Lisa Baker
5th grade students created bubble style lettering using the letters of their name and staked the letters to appear like ...
   
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Artwork Exhibits - last school year (July 2011 - June 2012)
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5105 artworks #3 #108
823 fanclub members #3 #127
216 comments #6 #337
14 artist statements #30 #1270
  overall rank #8 #271
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School Awards & Honors
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #5 in North Carolina (#164 in the nation) for overall participation among all schools
  2011-2012 Art Publishing Award
Ranked #3 in North Carolina (#68 in the nation) for art published among all schools
  2011-2012 Fan Clubs Award
Ranked #2 in North Carolina (#122 in the nation) for fan club signups among all schools
  2011-2012 Comments Award
Ranked #4 in North Carolina (#196 in the nation) for comments posted among all schools
  2011-2012 Leadership Award
Ranked #5 in North Carolina (#137 in the nation) for overall participation among elementary schools
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Student Hall of Fame
Shown are five randomly-selected students who have entered the Hall of Fame this year.
 Carson2207
awarded on 12/27/2012
 Andrew12729
awarded on 11/20/2012
 Zachary5973
awarded on 3/21/2013
 Addie332
awarded on 11/16/2012
 Emma6280
awarded on 11/19/2012
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Recent visitor comments ...
Dear Delaney, I love all of the artwork you have created this year in Kindergarten. My very favorite is the Panda picture! You are very talented and I hope you will continue to draw and create. I love you! Love, Grammy -- Carolyn
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Dear Vivian, I love all of the artwork you have created this year in Kindergarten. My very favorite is the bunny picture! You are very talented and I hope you will continue to draw and create. I love you! Love, Grammy -- Carolyn
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Lillie - these look as pretty as the one's grandpop picks! -- Donna
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Recent artist statements ...
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