Here’s what is happening at Hillside in December…
Parent Teacher Student Conferences
You should have received your conference schedules, and many of you have already had them!
December 1 – grades 9-11
December 4 – grades 4-6
December 8 – grade 8
December 15 – grade 7
Spotlight on…
ART IN THE COMMUNITY
Help Fund a Pocket Park! Click HERE
Kathy Frugé-Brown’s been busy working on public art projects this year, and you can get
Vision for Pocket Park
involved in one of them today! She’s been working for over a year with the Maple Valley Creative Arts Council to transform a waste space into a pocket park–and their Kickstarter project just launched. Kathy designed the park, which includes a rain garden, a labyrinth, and a small performance stage–all tucked into an alley that’s been full of dumpsters and shopping carts for years.
Please take a look at the Pocket Park Kickstarter project–it ends at 4pm on New Year’s Eve, and will only be funded if the full amount of $43,000 is raised by that time. If you’d like to help, there are two things you can do: donate (even a dollar is a ‘vote’ which helps a lot); and share the link. Thanks!
Bike Racks
Bird Bike Racks
Biome Bike Racks
Kathy has also created beautiful bike racks for the cities of Philadelphia and Issaquah. The Bird Bike Racks grace Center City and the Biome Bike Racks are being installed in downtown Issaquah. Please keep your eye out for them as you walk, ride, or drive through town!
Mosaics
This fall, Kathy installed two large glass mosaics outside the entry of Davenport Elementary School in eastern Washington. The mosaics were commissioned by the Washington State Arts
Wheat Country (glass mosaic)
Porcupine Bay (glass mosaic)
Commission and fabricated with the help of our own Monique Catino (who also helped Kathy create the glass mosaic of the Unfolding Fern on the wall at Hillside). Monique and Kathy worked for months to cut and hand-set tile on 112 sq. ft. of mesh, which was then installed directly on the curved concrete walls. They are very glad to be finished…
Urban Craft Uprising
This weekend, visit Seattle’s Largest Indie Craft Show and find the work of Hillside’s own Leslie Howells as well as other talented but non-Hillside artists.
FENCING
Cavaliers Represent
Float like a butterfly…
On Saturday, November 22, Giorgio Lo and Charlie Catino represented Hillside Cavaliers Fencing Club at the Western Washington Junior Olympic Qualifiers in Issaquah. They had fun and fenced well in the Junior and Cadet events.
Charlie succeeded in earning 3rd place in Cadet Men’s Sabre and qualified to compete at the Junior Olympics Championships, a national event to be held in February in Richmond, Virginia.
A Very Sherrard Christmas….
At 2PM, on Sunday, December 14th, at Seattle Town Hall, Jean will once again host his popular Rogues’ Christmas series, featuring the short fiction of Alan Gurganus, Vladimir Nabokov, Ken Kesey, E.B.White; and the original music of Pineola. This promises to be a fun afternoon, filled with unorthodox, occasionally irreverent stories offering up a bracing antidote to the usual holiday fare and kitsch. Click HERE for more information.
Washington State History
In the first trimester of Washington State History in addition to studying geography, early explorers, trappers, traders and missionaries we studied Native Pacific Northwest culture and history. This included a study of their art forms and culminated in creating and painting an animal on a utilitarian wooden box. Please enjoy the pictures of their creative process and the end results of their efforts.
Events Calendar:
Friday, December 5
Writer’s Club – 3:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 11
PSAT Lunch Meeting with Ivy – 11:45 a.m.
Friday, December 12
Animation – 3:00 p.m.
Friday, December 19
Animation – 3:00 p.m.
Yule Ball
Monday, December 22 – Friday, January 2
Winter Break
