Lewis School: The halls are alive…with art and family

By Elizabeth Ussher Groff

The Bee, Jun 6, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009 (1 Reader comment)

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Kindergartener Hayden Leahy, junior art docent, explains to her mother, Sarah, the technique she used to simulate a Japanese woodblock. “We painted a fish (dead) black, placed paper over it, and rubbed it,” she said.

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Can a child be an art docent?

Certainly one can at Lewis Elementary School on the “First Thursday” of May each year, when the school hallways become galleries

As your reporter wandered down the upper-grade hall on May 3rd, a poised fifth grade docent, Anastasia Wlasehin-Wiest, described the “Who Am I?” personality self-portraits.

“People drew pictures of themselves, and then Pamela Kennedy, a parent, gave us three pages of words to choose from and cut out,” she explained.

To surround his “Who Am I?” portrait, fifth grader Jonathan McFarland chose words such as: Witty, intense, fast, talented, truthful, fair, brainy, bold, warm, calm, thoughtful and smart.

The word “calm” appeared more than once.

“That’s accurate to a ‘T’”, commented Jonathan’s father, John McFarland, who described Jonathan as very funny but with a serious side, and very committed to whatever he does.

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