Kindergarten ceramic Leaf Bowls are ready to go home

A GRADE in Art Class?

You may wonder how a student can be graded in art class.  Art is so personal and subjective, right?  For 5th-8th grade students, I use A rubric for excellence in art class as a general grading tool.  You'll see it is not based on my idea of artistic beauty or  student "talent", but mostly on motivation and effort.  When students reach 7th and 8th grades, I give more specific rubrics for  individual projects.  Students self-evaluate and I evaluate, using the same rubric.  The rubrics evaluate students' understanding and use of certain elements, principles, and methods of art.

Hartland's Artsonia Art Gallery is up and running!

www.artsonia.com  Please check out the Artsonia
 website to view recently published awesome Hartland Elementary School student artwork.  If any parents want to start a Fan Club for their children on Artsonia, or have their children receive comments about their artwork on the website, you'll need your child's Screen Name and password.  They were on your permission slips.  If you are like me, you may not have realized that and saved those numbers.  But I do have all those screen names and passwords in a file.  Just email me if you need them again:  Jcathey@hartland.k12.vt.us

5th Grade Landscape Collage

See some samples

Blog Launch - Fall 2011

Welcome to the Hartland Elementary School Art Room Blog- a new adventure for Ms. Cathey and her art students.