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Express Your Artistic Side and Help Complete Hollywood’s Sculpture!

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Feeling artsy and have some time Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday afternoon (5/17, 18, 19)? Please come by school anytime between 3 pm and 5 pm (any of these days) to help Sonata Kazimieraitiene, our artist in residence, begin applying mosaic and tile pieces to our rain garden sculpture. The kids’ pieces have been painted and fired and are beautiful, but before they are added, some more detailed mosaic work needs to be done, necessitating adult care!

This is a great way to be involved in Hollywood’s six-week residency, spend time with other parents, and maybe learn a new skill! Please contact Kierith Kurth (kierithfk@yahoo.com) with any questions.

Learn More About our Artist in Residence Project!

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The first week of our Hollywood School Artist in Residence Project has been a great success!  All students have had the opportunity to meet with Ms. Kazimieraitiene to create a ceramic piece that will be a part of the sculpture added to our Rain Garden.
The 4th and 5th graders at Hollywood have created a website to document the progress of the residency throughout the next month.  Please access the Artist in Residence website at the following link: http://209.7.1.4/~ArtistBlog/ArtistBlog/Welcome.html.  This website is a work in progress and will be updated weekly.   Enjoy watching the progress of this exciting project, and thank you 4th and 5th graders for putting together the site!
Also, please plan to attend the Artist in Residence Family Night Tuesday, April 27, 7 – 8 pm in the gym. Meet our resident artist and create a piece of art to include in our sculpture or to take home. Please email kierithfk@yahoo.com and let us know you’ll be there.

Earth Week Update

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Don’t forget the many fun activities planned for the rest of Earth Week:
Wednesday is Green Wheel Day! Walk, bike, or skate to school and receive a sweet treat when you arrive. Also, on Wednesday afternoon, 4th and 5th graders are invited to help paint the rain barrels the PTA will be raffling off. The designs for the rain barrels came from all Hollywood students through Mrs. Mathis’s work with them on rain garden ideas.
Thursday is Decorate an Earth Poster Day! Go to the Hollywood e-backpack to find a link to a coloring page your child can color and return. The posters will be hung up in the gym.

Friday is Litter Patrol Day! Bring in the most interesting piece of trash this morning (collected on your way to school only, please) and you might win a prize. After school, a cool treat to get the weekend started…
All Week Long: Send in your broken crayons for recycling through the Hollywood Girl Scouts. There is a bin in the front hall to put them in. The crayons will be sorted by color and sent to SCARCE, which turns them into larger crayons for kids and adults who need them.

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Artist in Residence News

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Tomorrow will be the first day of our exciting artist in residence project where our kids will help create a permanent sculpture for the Hollywood memorial rain garden! Sonata Kazimieraitiene, a Brookfield ceramicist, muralist and sculptor, will begin meeting with students tomorrow and continue visiting for the next four weeks. Please ask your kids about the project throughout the process!

Ms. Kazimieraitiene also will host a Family Night next Tuesday, April 27 from 7 – 8 pm at school. Please come meet her, see some of her other work, and make a small piece of artwork with your family for your home.

Please contact Mindy Keller or Kierith Kurth (kierithfk@yahoo.com) with any questions!