Academics

J-Day

On September 14th, Mrs. Welsh’s Online Media class and Mrs. Kling’s Yearbook class attended a day at CSU for Journalism Day. They began the trip with an introductory session and award ceremony for certified teachers and prized schools. This day also had a wide selection of classes taught by News Anchors, Journalists, and professionals that each student attended. These intriguing sessions included classes such as “Let's Get Funky,” which described ideas for yearbooks and various design tips to help add a little something extra to the creation process in both Online Media and Yearbook. Many of our Columbine students also attended “The Four C’s of Social Media” to assist school-run Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok accounts with posts and captions. This session also covered the utilization of hashtags and the impact of short versus longer pieces of texts on social media posts. Those who attended this field trip also had the opportunity to tour the campus and act behind the scenes of a broadcast. Then, after eating a lunch of choice, and shopping around the bookstores within the building, the students hopped onto the charter bus and started the journey back to the school where parents greeted their kids or student-athletes got ready for practice. Emerson Porter, one of the attendants of J-Day describes her experience as “really fun and eye-opening to designs that can intrigue the audience and better [her] own abilities in creativity.”

Mrs. Berve's Ceramics Class Creations

On September 13th, in Mrs. Bervy’s Beginning Ceramics class, students worked on their Relief Tiles assignment. This project allows them to practice more hand carving clay skills before the class moves on to the ceramic wheel. Students use the slab roller to flatten the clay and create the base of their tiles. Students were then allowed their own creative freedom in choosing what they wanted their tile to be of or about. As Mrs. Bervy said, “I give them the choice to do whatever they want for the assignment so that they can learn ownership of their artwork,” which many students found beneficial and liked that they can incorporate themselves into their work and decide what they would like to put time and effort into. Creative freedom allows for students to develop their critical thinking skills and use their creative mind by producing artwork. Since clay is a flexible medium, not everyone has to have artistic talent in order to create artwork with clay. That's why it allows students to embrace creativity in a different way from exclusively drawing. Bervy also said, “I like to have this class be fun for students.” This allows students to pick what they decide to create, leading to a calming and enjoyable experience.

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