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Because of water damage this winter, the high school gym floor is being replaced this summer. Currently, the old floor is being removed from the gym. We’ve created an auction site to give people the chance to purchase specific parts of the gym floor.
The auction ends Friday.
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Mrs. Pedersen’s Advanced Painting senior students Julisa Suazo, Grant Boyd, Phoebe Herring, Cinzie McElfish, Reese DeVore and junior Kylie Banks painted this ocean scene in the art room as part of their semester final. Junior art student DeLaney Brown debuted her mural talents by painting the sea turtle. This amazing group of art students worked as a team to create this beautiful masterpiece! This brings creativity, life and positivity into the classroom! They have certainly left a positive lasting impression on me!
Class Mural – Central Decatur CSD
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Mrs. Pedersen’s Advanced Painting senior students Julisa Suazo, Grant Boyd, Phoebe Herring, Cinzie McElfish, Reese DeVore and junior Kylie Banks painted this ocean scene in the art room as part of t…This is amazing talent. Where every they go. I bet there art talent will still shine bright. I love the turtle
This is amazing & we have the Loggerhead Turtle Rescue here in Jupiter, FL !! :)
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Mrs. Pedersen’s 2D/3D Design class just finished their “Trash to Treasure” project. Their artwork is a seascape with a sailboat on the water while stars twinkle in the night sky. This artwork represents several design elements and principles like line, shape, color, texture, rhythm, movement, and contrast.
This artwork is made up of plywood, paint, and reused bottle caps. They started by sketching the scene on the board in pencil. Next, they went over their lines with a sharpie marker before painting. Once they were finished painting, they used hot glue guns to glue down the bottle caps in the respective places, sometimes alternating what way the lid was facing to give the artwork even more texture.
This piece was inspired by artist Angela Haseltine Pozzi. Her giant animal sculptures are made entirely of beach debris and are used to educate about plastic pollution and encourage change. Mrs. Pedersen saw some of these giant sculptures in person at SeaWorld in San Antonio and brought back this passion to her class.
It was “Art with a Purpose”. The 2D/3D Design students’ objective was to use contemporary issues to redesign an object, bringing awareness to plastic pollution around the world and encouraging people to keep our seas plastic free. The students are happy about the recycling bins in the classrooms and hope the school adds recycling containers in the commons for all of the bottled water at lunchtime.
Working as a team to create this beautiful work of art, pictured below from left to right: Winter Gibson ’25, Tristyn Leymaster ’25, DeLaney Brown ’24 and Jayden Medina ’24.
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Working as a team to create this beautiful piece of art are pictured from left to right,
Aspen Eslick, Bethany Long, Julisa Suazo, Phoebe Herring, Cinzie McElfish, Grant Boyd and Jeremiah Cowling. Not pictured: Octavia Snethen and Reese DeVore, all from the Class of 2023.
Each year since 2016, Mrs. Pedersen has had her senior art students in her Advanced Painting class do a project called, “Leave Your Legacy” where they design and paint on an art room table. The subject matter is free choice and just has to represent the student in some way. Zentangle designs must also be incorporated in their drawing. Students get to design a square. This artwork represents several design elements and principles like line, shape, color, texture, rhythm, movement, and contrast. They started by planning their drawing out on paper. Then they used acrylic paint markers to color their detailed designs. What a beautiful green and white table. Way to go Seniors! What a positive way to leave a creative “mark” on our school. Best wishes to you all!
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Student Artwork Professional Prints
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Student Artwork Professional Prints – Central Decatur CSD
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Last year, Mrs. Pedersen got the pleasure of choosing artwork of four deserving students to have their artwork professionally printed and framed to hang up in the hallway for permanent display in th…Incredibly talented young adults!
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Join us in recognizing and celebrating staff for their milestone years of service to the District. A special shoutout to staff who are retiring!! #CDForever
Awe thank you for the teachers that helped me!! good luck and best wishes to your next adventures!!
Best of luck in all the future. Thanks for making CD community school better place.
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South Elementary Farewell! Have a great summer!!
Have a good summer kids
Cassondra Rai Broich
It’s hard to believe, but today is the last day of school! Thank you all for a year full of fun, achievements, and great memories. Enjoy your summer break! 😎
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Have a great summer CD staff
CD 2nd grade students will be dismissed from North Elementary today. Dismissal time at North Elementary is 3:17 pm.