AP Score Report

Sun, 8 Aug 2010 09:45:34 -0400

We just received the complete report from the College Board which lists the scores for the portfolios our AP Studio Art classes submitted at the close of last year.

There has once again been a lot of buzz on the AP Art message boards this summer about how rough the judges were this time around. Many schools were reporting lower than expected portfolio scores -- lots of 1‘s and 2’s.

I’m proud to say we did exceptionally well:

5’s (the top score): 2 of our students got a 5!
4’s (an excellent score): 11 students got a 4!
3’s (a great score): 11 students scored a 3!

That means 24 portfolios out of our total of 26 submitted earned college credit.

Which is phenomenal!

2010-2011 Planner Cover

Thu, 3 Jun 2010 10:44:06 -0400

Danny Oster’s collage will grace the front cover of next year’s CHS student agendas. The image comes from Danny’s very successful AP concentration.

Well done, Danny.

CHS NAHS Featured in National Publication

Fri, 21 May 2010 07:35:52 -0400

NAHS News published an article about our current display of pinhole photography at The Essential Bean. In addition to the write-up one of the images from the show (by Heather Hirdes ’10) was included as well.

This publication is widely distributed to all members of NAHS and NJAHS nationwide.

Hot Dog Day

Tue, 18 May 2010 07:23:11 -0400

The third annual Hot Dog Day celebration took place this week. What is Hot Dog Day? It’s hard to say, but it always helps us all get through the final week with seniors.

Latest Acceptance Letter

Mon, 17 May 2010 07:45:04 -0400

Emily S. has been accepted to Columbia College in Chicago! Congratulations, Emily. It’s a perfect fit!

Art Day at the GRAM a Success

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:49:33 -0400

Here’s an eloquent summary from Kettle Lake Art Teacher Mrs. Trent of how things went at our first annual Caledonia Art Day at the Grand Rapids Art Museum this past Saturday:

...The event was a great success. In fact as we were taking the show down the museum staff shared with us that our Saturday became their second largest number for attendance. They credited it to our event. (We were only beat out by a count of 5 more people.) The museum asked us if our district would be willing to do this next year? We all were very excited to reply "yes!". We are already planning a bigger and better exhibit. Jon Carfagno replied that because this was such a success the museum will now approach other school districts to participate in a similar program.

[Here are] some of the wonderful things that we experienced. It was great to see the high school students assist the museum staff in managing the hands-on activity. Our CHS students were invited back to help on other Saturdays. Many families came and enjoyed the exhibit, our exhibit space always had families in attendance through out the five hours. It was fun to watch families work together on the hands-on activity downstairs and bring their work up to show us. One family said they were always interested in coming to the museum and the Caledonia discount finally made this possible. Another family brought aunts, uncles, grandmas, and grandpas to a count of 13 people! We had families come whose children were not even in the exhibit, as well as employees and retirees.

We feel honored that Caledonia was selected to pilot such a program. I feel support for the arts in the Caledonia community made it very successful!

ArtFest Winner

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:13:22 -0400

Shelly S ’11 participated in Congressional Representative Vern Ehler’s “ArtFest” show this past weekend. Her photograph above was also selected for purchase (for $100!) by the Kent Intermediate School District where it will hang permanently in the Educational Services building.

Congratulations, Shelly, and all the other artists who participated in ArtFest ‘2010.

$100 and a Pizza Party - Fast 50 Winners

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:16:08 -0400

We just heard from the Silent Observer program that 3 Caledonia High School students have won their Fast 50 poster contest. According to their representative, our submissions were all “tremendous”!

So, as promised, expect a pizza party, courtesy of Silent Observer for all the students in the following classes from 2nd trimester:

Contratulations:
Jake J. (Mr. Reeder’s 5th Macro Digital Art Class)
Ashley DH. (Mr. Reeder’s 5th Macro Digital)
Brittany B. (Mr. Cornell’s 1st Macro Digital Studio Class)

Essential Bean Alternative Photography Show

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:40:24 -0500

A display of 16 framed, large format, alternative photography prints are on display at the Essential Bean coffee house in Caledonia.

Most of the photographs were taken with cameras we made in class out of old boxes and aluminum cans.

The following students have work in this display:
Lauren D. ’10
Heather H. ’10
Emily S. ’10
Drew D. ’10
Rebekah H. ’11
Katie K. ’10
Alysha S. ’11
Abrielle T. ’10

This show was organized by Lauren Duimstra and made possible with funds raised by the National Art Honor Society