PRINTMAKING IN THE CLASSROOM

Upper School art classes met with Piedmont University’s art department recruiter, Jessica Hawkins. Hawkins shared about the university’s art department and gave a hands-on printmaking lesson. Students created stamps using clay and carving tools. Their creations ranged from shapes and flowers to faces and panda bears. “I had to work with positive and negative shapes to create my panda,” said junior Amy Ma of Cumming, GA. “I have never tried something like that. It was something new and a fun experience.”

Freeman Resource Center

TFS President and Head of School Larry Peevy, students and staff celebrated the naming of the upper school’s new Freeman Resource Center at a brief ceremony in May. This latest addition to the upper school campus was made possible by a planned gift from the late Christina Freeman of Atlanta, then Rabun County. Mrs. Freeman was an educator and member of the North Side Woman’s Club and the Circle for Children, who included Tallulah Falls School as a beneficiary of her estate.

TFS middle school students enjoyed the highly anticipated annual Field Day. Led by the middle school faculty, students competed in various fun and challenging events. The water station featured a game of human battleship, while the obstacle course at the compass area tested students’ agility and endurance. Old favorites like the three-legged race and wooden spoon/egg