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Our Mrs. Brouwer…

is featured in an online blog!  Mrs. Brouwer’s blog was discovered by Happy Reading as an example of an outstanding teacher who uses great literature to inform her instruction. It is an excellent interview–and one that will confirm what you may know or suspected about Mrs. Brouwer:  She is an incredible teacher, person and artist! [...]

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Valley View Farm…all work on a snow day!

Did you know that Mrs. Brouwer lives on a farm?  And, on her farm she has animals to tend to, a beautiful garden and of course an incredible art studio. She and her husband spent the day today digging out from the snow storm.  She sent along some photos to share with you of her [...]

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Recognizing Our Artists

Last week,  over 40 of our student artists were recognized at the district Art Show.  The event, I believe, was the best ever.   If you visit Mrs. Brouwer’s blog, you can see the pieces and points of celebration from the show. Many thanks to everyone who made this possible:  district art teachers, student artists (who’s [...]

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Winter Barn Wins State Honor

Jacob Hoekstra, a fourth grade student in our building, had his art work selected for the holiday greeting card sent to hundreds of state leaders.  The organization which fell in love with Jacob’s art piece, WINTER BARN, is the Michigan Association of School Administrators. This honor has been featured in the Grand Rapids Press and [...]

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There’s an Art Fair COMING!

Don’t forget our Art Fair is Tuesday, December 1st from 4-7 PM in the Gym! It’s not too late to send in your RSVP to the Art Fair, so please let us know if you plan on coming! This week your children will be bringing home an Art Fair flier that contains a DOOR PRIZE [...]

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Kids’ Art Fair REMINDER

You have another opportunity to RSVP for our upcoming December 1st Kids Art Fair! An RSVP form and Art Fair information will be sent home with students this week. Please note that returning your RSVP to Mrs. Brouwer does NOT mean that you must purchase your child’s framed artwork.  The RSVP just lets the Kids [...]

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A December Art Fair

Our art students have been working hard to create spectacular artwork for this fun event.  Your child’s artwork will be displayed in a beautiful mat and frame which can be purchased in the frame during the art fair. There will be a make-n-take craft table with holiday cards and door prizes too! Your child will [...]

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Our Permanent Art Collection

For the past three years, Mrs. Brouwer has selected art pieces to be housed in our permanent collection.  One art piece is selected for each grade—and these artists do not have a piece in the district art show.  In addition, Mrs. Brouwer selects pieces to honor particular artists each year. During the 2006 year, eight [...]

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International Artists

In April of 2009, Mrs. DeWeerd invited our school to enter an international art exhibition in China.   Our  sister school  Raey Guang is in Pingtung, Taiwan, and  she felt this would be a natural connection for our students. Mrs. Brouwer, our art teacher, selected five works of student art and submitted them to the [...]

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Art ROCKS!

Fourth grade artists guitartists rocked out at the talent show with their rockin’ awesome art teacher, Mrs. Brouwer!

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