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New York State United Teachers asked music edu- SES art students have brand new easels to enjoy this
cators to submit student compositions to be used as year, thanks to the generosity of the SES PTO and
hold music for callers at NYSUT headquarters. the efforts of High School students in Mr. Waltz’s
Songs had to be completely original, four minutes Basic Agri-Science classes. The art room only had
or less, and could feature either individual or group five easels at the start of the school year, and was
performances. A variety of music was received by granted enough funds to buy five additional new
NYSUT including instrumentals, vocals and rock easels. Art teacher, Ms. Neal contacted Mr. Waltz
bands. at the high school with the idea for possibly using it
SES fifth grader, Will Schwartz, will have one of as a project in one of his classes, and the suggestion
his original student compositions featured by NY- became a reality. Mr. Waltz’s students applied de-
SUT. His piece, “Dragon of the Full Moon” was sign techniques, mathematics, shop safety and
somewhat an experimentation in sound. “I liked woodworking skills taught in the basic Agri-Science
how it sounded as I was putting it together. I class to their easel pro-
thought it would be a good thing in a song to have jects which gave them an
the main melody come back. So I wrote it that opportunity to apply aca-
way” he stated. Will had fun creating the piece and demics to a real life
has followed up with a second composition titled, situation. The students
“B.C.”. You can hear Will’s composition by visit- in Mr. Waltz’s class
ing www.NYSUT.org and click on “student really enjoyed the project
songs”. and they were glad that
their work will benefit current and future elementary
art students. The best part is that they were able to
build twice as many easels than could have been
purchased for the money.
Mrs. Fisher’s fourth grade class had the opportunity
Will Schwartz to express their creative talents in both art and po-
(right) with etry writing. Each wrote a cinquain about winter or
the French snow. A cinquain (pronounced sin-kain) from cinq,
horn. the French word for five, is a five line form of writ-
ing. At the same time, the class worked with Ms.
Neal in art class creating watercolor illustrations for
their cinquains. They learned to use the salt tech-
nique to create the illusion of snow or frost in their
designs. The students enjoyed both exercises and
the results were wonderful!
Taylor Barnes
Keep the Main Office Informed (left) used the
Please remember to keep the main office informed salt technique to
of any new home phone numbers, new work num- create the illu-
bers, new cell phone numbers or changes in ad- sion of snow in
dress. It is imperative that we have this informa- her illustration.
tion when an emergency arises with your child.
Thank you!