The Mariposa County Arts Council Inc.'s Artists in the Schools program places trained teaching artists into all of Mariposa County’s 5th grade classrooms for 8-week residencies. Given the 5th-6th combination classroom at SFCS, both grade levels benefit from this special program. SFCS is working with visual artist Jackie Baxton this year. Ms. Baxton's curriculum explores three-dimensional artwork. She recently taught 5th and 6th graders how to use alginate to make hand molds. They had to wait overnight to unveil everyone’s hands. Students were overjoyed to see how they turned out. Students will also work on a sculpted model of their own hand during this program and at the same time, they'll have lessons about measurement/data, geometry, and anatomy/bone structure.
Celianna Lee mixes alginate with her classmates as they get ready to make hand molds.
Wyatt Brouillette peels away the layers, looking forward to seeing how his hand mold turned out.
Kai Yoshida, Conner Eastwood, and Jaeyanna Bolar enjoy the results with their classmates.
The molded hands all look terrific. Sierra Foothill Charter School is a free, non-profit, TK-8 public school. Open Enrollment for the 2017-2018 school year is happening now through April 12. For more information, contact the office at (209) 742-6222 or visit SFCS’s website: SierraFoothillCharterSchool.org. To stay up to date on all the latest happenings, “like” SFCS on Facebook.
