Robert F Munroe Day School - Reflections Yearbook (Quincy, FL)

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From Stick Figures to Charcoal Sketches Takes More Than A Flick Of The Wrist Looking at the drawings of Mrs. Lindstrom’s second period art class at the beginning of the year, you would easily have mistaken them for second and third grade work. However, most people stop drawing pictures at that age so their maturity level, as far as drawing is concerned, stops at that level also. At the end of the year, the difference between the class’s first drawings of “popsicle houses, lollipop trees, and stick figures” and their last work, was remarkable. Mrs. Lindstrom ex- plains her technique, “I hang it Crealing the folds and creases of model Malissa Sasser’s clolhing, or Jim Boyd and Jeffrey Rushing, requires (he assistance of Mrs. Lindstrom. In the final stages of making a print, Scott Melvin and Kevin Drake press ink on to their hand carved prints to form a re- versed image on paper. (their first drawing) up with their final work, so they can see their progress. They don’t realize how much they’ve im- proved over the year they just think they’re battling me!” Mrs. Lindstrom has estab- lished six art progams in the different schools in which she has been. She met with some resistence from time to time, from people who seem to think that art class is only for those with exceptional talent. “What they don’t understand is that everyone can eventually draw.” Aside from offering a new course, Art also opened up new career prospects to students, gained recognition for the school by way of exhibits at fairs and local businesses, and added a cer- tain sophistication to the hall. Mrs. Lindstrom’s class was based on the Chinese proverb: I hear 1 forget, I see I remember, I do I understand. The class agreed with Kevin Reynolds when he summed up their reactions by saying “I honestly think I have been inspired. Seriously!” 136 Academics

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 During the Grandparent’s Day luncheon, Board member, Mrs. Judy Gregory, and teachers, Mrs. Lasseter and Mrs. Wood- ward, review the “Dizzy with Disney” and May-pole Program. After ,4Guys and Dolls at FSU's Main Stage Theatre, Mr. Wilder gives special instructions on where grades 9-12 may eat lunch on W. Tennessee. A day of celebration at the dedication cer- emony for the new kindergarten building provides an opportunity for program di- rector Susan Hinson, Mr. John A. Blitch, Headmistress Mrs. Mary Emma Bassett, and Mrs. Mary Ann Thomas to host over 100 visitors to tour the new facility. Board 135

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Using an improvised easel, Patrick Fletch- er works in oils on his afterschool art pro- gram project. Concentrating on proportion, Kevin Godwin and Kathy Dowling begin working with meas- urements to recreate pencil sketches. Art 137