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Adams-Friendship celebrates state and national recognitions, student art projects and murals
Summary
The board honored art educators and students: Leah Keller was recognized as the state and national elementary art educator of the year and will retire; teachers presented student state-show winners, a large community mural project and a live student art museum.
Board members and staff used the teaching-and-learning portion of the agenda to celebrate multiple arts achievements across the district.
Leah Keller, the elementary art teacher, was recognized as the state art educator of the year and as the national elementary art teacher of the year; staff announced her planned retirement and described a large student mural project and an artist-in-residence that will leave a lasting project in the cafeteria.
Teachers from the high school, middle school and elementary school presented examples of student work that advanced to state exhibits and explained programs such as a pilot National Elementary Art Honor Society, a live student art museum (with tour guides, curators and student-led presentations) and outreach visits to a local senior home.
Art teachers described the mural sizes, how every child contributed a painted-paper element and the timeline to install the pieces in the cafeteria. The board applauded the presentations and thanked the teachers for student engagement and community outreach.
The meeting packet and presentations noted other student recognitions across band, choir and forensics.
