School Life: Winners
Published 10:53 pm Monday, January 7, 2008
Jackson grad cast in opera production
Lauren Bennett, a Henry M. Jackson High School graduate, was recently in the cast of St. Lawrence University’s production of the Christmas opera, “Amahl and the Night Visitors.”
St. Lawrence University is in Canton, N.Y.
The opera is about a poor, crippled shepherd boy and his mother who are visited by the Three Kings while on their journey to visit the Christ child.
Students see stars, artistically speaking
For Donna Connell, a full-day kindergarten teacher at St. Mary Magdalen School in south Everett, parent volunteers are frequent visitors to her classroom. Recently, a volunteer art docent parent, Gina Pettis, taught an art lesson on the life and artistic style of Vincent VanGogh.
The painting, “Starry Night,” was displayed and discussed in terms of what the students have been learning about each month as Pettis shares the training and knowledge she has gained through the school’s art docent program.
For “Starry Night,” the students then used cutouts of the buildings and yellow, white and orange tempera paint to create their own painting.
The art docent program at St. Mary Magdalen was first organized by teachers and parents.
It includes extensive training and a manual with supplies for studying the masters and the artistic principles that the artists’ work exemplify. Students from preschool through eighth grade experience the art docent program.
Edmonds sends 38 to state music festival
Thirty-eight Edmonds School District students have been selected to participate in the 54th annual Washington Music Educators Association all-state band, orchestra, choir, jazz band and jazz choir.
They are among 950 musicians statewide who will rehearse and perform in Yakima the week of Feb. 13-18.
District students who were chosen include:
Edmonds Homeschool Resource Center: Katie Haney, Kaylee Jacobsen, Dannielle Simmons and Hannah Lake, treble choir; Kevin Keogh, Nell Colyn, Mariah Lotz and Lauren Vandervort, elementary school honor choir.
Edmonds-Woodway High School: Christine Hannan, jazz band; Laura Hoover, symphonic choir; Sarah Laven, treble choir; Jacob Lee and Kelly Nichols-Hoppe, symphony orchestra; James Purcell, wind ensemble; Kaylee Tilton and Devon Yesberger, jazz choir.
Lynnwood High School: Mikaela Elms, symphony orchestra; John Vogan, symphonic choir.
Meadowdale High School: Angela Babbitt, Robert Blosser, Brugger Siobhan and Tanya Zickefoose, jazz choir; Madison Caldwell Ibsen, symphony orchestra; Jennifer Carver and Michael Hendrix, symphonic choir; Sam Epstein and Simon Wood, jazz band; Sol Im, chamber orchestra; Melinda Kraakmo, treble choir; Kaitlin Kraakmo, concert band
Mountlake Terrace High School: Eli Blaisdell, jazz choir; Jessica Lindsay, symphony orchestra; Kelsey Van Dalfsen, jazz band; Andrea Watson, concert band.
Chase Lake Elementary School: Ciaran Ball, Rachel Koenig, Olivia Hall and Joel Steinke, elementary school honor choir.
Marysville honors students of month
Marysville-Pilchuck High School students of the month for December are Jeremy Goldman and Michaela Caldwell.
The awards were made by the Marysville Kiwanis and Soroptimist clubs.
