Friday, June 13, 2014
Kennedy from front page tronomy professor Annette Lee taught the students about Native Skywatchers. Lee, who is also a painter, is of part Dakota heritage. Students studied the Ojibwe and Dakota beliefs and knowledge of the stars and created their own “Star Plan.” Lee’s husband, Ojibwe painter William Wilson, also shared stories with the students about his traditional upbringing and his style of painting. Another art project students worked on was beading a band on a loom. Students converted shoeboxes into a simple loom and designed their own pattern to bead. Dakota beader Grace Chianelli visited with students about beading. After students learned traditional techniques, they were
St. Joseph Newsleader • www.thenewsleaders.com encouraged to create their own images, forms and designs rather than mimic Native American beadworks. SCSU professor Darlene St. Clare finished the sessions with the students and discussed their experiences. “The grad standards that sparked this residency, as well as the project we designed, both seek to make students more aware of Minnesota’s own Native cultures, as they make up an important part of the multicultural communities we belong to,” Meyer said. “The project aimed to replace stereotypes of Native people with meaningful interactions with Minnesotans who celebrate their cultural heritage as Dakota or Ojibwe people. The students meeting people from their own community was essential to creating a human connection and a real bridge which they could connect with and appreciate a culture which
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is not their own. I believe it will help them live and contribute to their multi-cultural communities and the greater world.” One of Meyer’s favorite parts of this project was being able to work in media the sixth-graders had very little exposure to, such as clay and beading. “Some students commented this type of art wasn’t as intimidating as drawing and painting,” she said. Meyer also enjoyed the showand-tell visits of the native artcontributed photo ists. “They each seemed to really Students (left to right) Asher Smith, Mackenzie Lee and Jayda appreciate the opportunity to Satzer work on their clay projects. share their artworks and culture with the students,” Meyer said. “The students seemed very engaged with the exchange, asked Novak’s Grown Right Vegetables in Foley, MN is hiring four temporary phenomenal questions and left workers from 7/20/2014 to 9/30/2014: 40 hrs/wk. Worker will manually plant, cultivate and harvest vegetables and fruits. Use hand tools such inspired.” The residency was funded as shovels, trowels, hoes, tampers, pruning hooks, shears and knives. by the Central Minnesota Arts Duties may include tilling soil and applying fertilizers; transplanting, weeding, thinning or pruning crops; applying pesticides; cleaning, gradBoard.
Football from front page for the end zones. Students built the field in spring after the snow melted. “The field was completed in early May and has been used every day since,” Schaefer said. “The project taught students many valuable lessons. The first lesson – the power of words and how to write a persuasive letter. One student’s persuasive letter ended with a completed project that benefits all Kennedy students. Other lessons included how to brain- contributed photo storm ideas, teamwork and co- Second-graders recently built this recess football field at Kennedy Community School. operation.”
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