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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-05-27, Page 22 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel Several residents from Nine Mile Villa attended the Spring Art Celebration at LCPS. Students were available to show them the displays. From left: Shelby Furness, Shirley McKague, Travis Vaughan, Shirley Wharton, Gwen Stewart. May 7, 2015. LCPS students share with the public at the Spring Art Celebration Pinecrest and ff Nine Mile residents get a preview of LCPS Spring Art Celebration The annual Spring Art Cel- ebration was held at Luc - know Central Public School on a beautiful sunny May 7, 2015. Although the show was open to the public in the evening, the residents of Pinecrest Manor and Nine Mile Villa were treated to a preview showing in the afternoon. Prior to the afternoon showing, grade 2 students Elle Schumacker, Maya Gjes- ing and Ben Rutledge agreed to be interviewed about the show. Maya Gjesing explains that throughout the school year, "we do things, then make cool stuff and decide to share it with the people at Pinecrest like our water to air projects and pinwheels." Some things that were done for the art gala included stories written by the students that they had to edit themselves. Maya's story was "Kyle's trip to the zoo" in which Kyle gets excited and runs off ahead, becoming lost. He does get in trouble from his family for running off, but Maya made sure to add a happy ending where Kyle gets to go back to the zoo for his birthday. Elle Schumacker's class was working on learning about simple machines. They decided to make their own machines. It seems that cata- pults were one of the favour- ites. Elle's book was "The New Born Kittens" that is based on a true story about kittens born at her home. She con- fides, "I did change a few things to make it a better story," such as there were really three kittens born while her story only had two and she really didn't have a friend over to see them as her friend was still in bed when she called her. Ben Rutledge is proud of the catapult that he built for the simple machines project. He explains, "It's a lever. I thought about it a lot then fig- ured out how to do it." Ben's story is "The Lynx" which is about a hunter with a pet lynx named Lucky. It is a very detailed story with a tragic event as the climax comes when Lucky attacks a wolf to protect the hunter who was out hunting a seal. There is a happy ending to this tale, as well, as Lucky is able to crawl back home at the end. Cliff Emerton of Pinecrest thinks the Spring Art Cele- bration in fantastic, adding "I wish I had some more artistic ability" Jane Brodie was accompa- nied at the Spring Art Cele- bration by LCPS student Kaley Kahgee. Brodie thinks the opportunities for art is good for the students as it "gives them more to do with their mind so they don't go to waste." When asked what she thought about the stu- dent escorts helping out the visitors Brodie smiles broadly and indicates her escort, Kaley, exclaiming, "She's the best!" Hazel Latimer of Pinecrest is impressed with the Art Celebration. She relates, "I really enjoy it. The classes put in their best effort and express their passions." Berle Palmer, escorted by student Nathan Barger, remarks on the difference from when she was in ele- mentary school. "You can't talk with kids because they always have their tech with them. It is so different it flab- bergasts me!" Marie Phillips of Nine Mile Villa also remarks on the dif- ference from her days in ele- mentary school. "The school is a wonderful place to be now. It is interesting." When there had been school dis- plays at Phillips school it had usually been cursive writing. The 2015 Art Spring Cele- bration was certainly a suc- cess. The students were proud to show what they had been doing and the attend- ees were almost as excited as the students to see what cre- ative works they would find. Shows like this are a won- derful opportunity for differ- ent generations to share what is being done in the schools of today. LCPS student Jarret Falconer reads his book to Pinecrest resident Hazel Latimer during the Spring Art Celebration. May 7, 2015. The JK/SK class checks out the many items on display at the Lucknow Central Public School annual Spring Art Celebration. May 7,2015. LCPS Grade 2 students Elle Schumacker, Maya Gjesing and Ben Rutledge explained what the Spring Art Celebration is about and shared their entries during an interview. May 7, 2015. The older classes at LCPS helped walk many residents of Pinecrest Manor to the school to enjoy the Spring Art Celebration. May 7, 2015.