Welcome to Art with Mrs. Erwin!
The mission of the TSD Visual Arts Department is to provide all students with an art education that develops the design skills they will need to be independent critical thinkers, problem solvers, and innovators in the 21st century.
Imagine, Invent, Create!
We don’t just make art, we LIVE art! Art is a vital part of the curriculum, and offers students a chance to strengthen problem solving and critical thinking skills, as well as gain a cultural and historical understanding. The arts also help students to build self-discipline, and perseverance. These skills are essential to lifelong learning!
This year will be filled with thinking, discussing, creating, and fun!
We will spend time observing, describing, questioning, and investigating art images and processes. Over the course of the school year, we will explore various techniques, artists, art history, and materials in art. Through drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, fibers, and technology, students will be able to express individual ideas, thoughts, and feelings. My goal is to make art a positive experience for every student regardless of their artistic ability. I truly believe “every child is an artist”! My hope is that students will use their creative brains to express themselves. Students can look forward to feeling safe, respected, and cared for when they enter my art room.
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you in advance for supporting your child’s art education. I’m looking forward to another exciting and inspiring school year!
Mrs. Erwin
Schroeder & Morse Elementary School
Elementary Art Department Head
[email protected].
This year will be filled with thinking, discussing, creating, and fun!
We will spend time observing, describing, questioning, and investigating art images and processes. Over the course of the school year, we will explore various techniques, artists, art history, and materials in art. Through drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, collage, fibers, and technology, students will be able to express individual ideas, thoughts, and feelings. My goal is to make art a positive experience for every student regardless of their artistic ability. I truly believe “every child is an artist”! My hope is that students will use their creative brains to express themselves. Students can look forward to feeling safe, respected, and cared for when they enter my art room.
If you ever have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Thank you in advance for supporting your child’s art education. I’m looking forward to another exciting and inspiring school year!
Mrs. Erwin
Schroeder & Morse Elementary School
Elementary Art Department Head
[email protected].
“The key to success in the future is not what you know, but whether you are able to think and act creatively.”
-Mitch Resnick
Professor of learning research & head of programs at the MIT media lab
Reminder!
Most of our artwork will come home in a portfolio in June, so that I can display artwork throughout the year, and track student progress. If your child is moving please let me know so that I can send home their portfolio early.
Art class can be messy! Please don't send your child to school with a new outfit on the day that he or she has art. I have included the art schedule below so that you can see when your child’s class comes to ART.
Most of our artwork will come home in a portfolio in June, so that I can display artwork throughout the year, and track student progress. If your child is moving please let me know so that I can send home their portfolio early.
Art class can be messy! Please don't send your child to school with a new outfit on the day that he or she has art. I have included the art schedule below so that you can see when your child’s class comes to ART.
2023-2024 Art Schedule
All classes are scheduled to meet weekly within a 4-day block, with additional rotational Fridays. 5th Grade classes are scheduled for 35 minutes, while Kindergarten through 4th Grades are scheduled for 45 minutes.
A Day (Schroeder):
Chie (5th), Malavolti (4th), Bolden (2nd), Pertler (1st), Stacey (K)
B Day (Morse):
Hubbel (3rd), Harp (4th), Carbone (5th), Melia (1st), Carter (K), Halpin (2nd)
C Day (Schroeder):
Leigh (5th) Calvird (4th), Brozowski (3rd), Di Ponio (2nd), Wooster (K)
D Day (Schroeder):
Howay (5th), Fraga (3rd), Chojnacki (1st), Carmichael (K)
Chie (5th), Malavolti (4th), Bolden (2nd), Pertler (1st), Stacey (K)
B Day (Morse):
Hubbel (3rd), Harp (4th), Carbone (5th), Melia (1st), Carter (K), Halpin (2nd)
C Day (Schroeder):
Leigh (5th) Calvird (4th), Brozowski (3rd), Di Ponio (2nd), Wooster (K)
D Day (Schroeder):
Howay (5th), Fraga (3rd), Chojnacki (1st), Carmichael (K)
Donations
The art room would LOVE your donations! Any donations are greatly appreciated. If you would like to help out, please feel free to bring in any of the items listed below. You can drop them off in the art room or in the office labeled art.
If you have something else you think we could use, please feel free to contact me!
- Sponges
- Baby Wipes
- Tissue
- Hand Sanitizer
- Lysol Sanitizing Wipes
- White Paper Plates (Large Dinner Size)
- Old Children's Books
- Old Calendars (with pictures of artists, landscaped, flowers, etc.)
- Tissue Paper
- Q-Tips, Toothpicks, or Cotton Balls
- Zip Lock Bags (1 or 2 Gallon, or Quart size)
- Clean Recyclable Containers (Like cottage cheese or butter containers, the larger the better. Can be with or without lids.)
- Plastic Storage Bins
- Bakers Racks or Cafeteria Trays
- Old Playing Cards
- Scrapbooking Supplies
- Yarn
- Stickers
If you have something else you think we could use, please feel free to contact me!
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