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<br /> -If fE CARRBORO CITIZEN THURSDAY, MARCI•'•i 2.6, 2009
<br /> The seas of at Carrooro Elementar
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<br /> BY JASMINA NDGfl ` :e ir;. -
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<br /> rboro Elementary School had been:. .;. ,-transforrned into an Ocean tunnel full = = ''
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<br /> l streamers and sea animals.Be- �;: _ ';: - .><!:y= ;_;-: .
<br /> yond it, the school's ocean story quilt. :7'a;:;_;�'°=; - -r" "-, --
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<br /> rig on display, as parcnrs,•teacheirs ::��'_=`" ��•� -
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<br /> -arid students Celebrated `- tick.
<br /> Jebrated the corn e- . ;� ;;v. . �
<br /> don of the school's cultural diversity � � .:_-
<br /> art project on March at ° ;? r -'"" "" '- `'
<br /> P J '17 their Farin� � '��.;: ' :.:
<br /> ily Boole Arts.Night. • � ..:,• .,�_ �'�0
<br /> "To build a sense.of community ; a -- ;'
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<br /> among our students,". said Leslie �.x.:• -,..q.:.!,.....
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<br /> Rountree, a 'parent ,volunteer, "we - _ - ' ?s _ _ '
<br /> have embarked on a'school-ride prof :�'' ^' ',+ _., .. i
<br /> :ect called`Currents of Culture,'.which �= 1:" --
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<br /> blends story writing, fabric,design,•, :. •. - .
<br /> quilting aud other skills to produce`_a• `' .• • '
<br /> Mural-sized fabric storybook quilt:" , "PI-3dj.D'B1 JPi5 TINA NOGG
<br /> Students at Carrboro.Elementar.y School-worked with teachers to,write:.a..story and
<br /> SEE QUILT PAGE 8 - create a story quilt as part of the school's year-long projet,Currents'in-Culture:'.; j
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<br /> signed to sections of the story. °'' -' �" "` `
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<br /> Their task was to illustrate that ~ °' - ... . ,.14• . ., ;$: -'2 :
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<br /> The quilt depicts an ocean . illustrations• will now be tom- V-.,-,.:"..'41.!:..x:g:�-•‘',� = .•=;;1���; :.J:' ,� .� •;,2�: ,, --:;. s-•N:
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<br /> scene and has an intricate dis- sled in boolcfgrrn. :t`
<br /> play of various sea creatures that Deborah Lederer, the school -'V° -s
<br /> arc characters in the story the,• art- reacher, said the book will s a;; .. =: ° „nit( 3 :='. : ' A ;-'.:s '.:g'"..
<br /> students composed. ."Searchin' ' be published .and available for IT-. ': ;. .3 e ; . t. •,.. -
<br /> Urchin," is about Spike,a golden purchase O the.Internet for sal; �- M - ' - . `�' ,•_ ` • -
<br /> sea urchin who hitchhikes across -de d their e • ' } '` -4'' "`` ' �,. V' �'•nts an h it famili s, • � .�:,�'�._:.� '� -"l�' ��s .:°�; ;., y.
<br /> the oceans-lookin for someone' • the students`had a writing :m,Y=
<br /> CO give him a hug.The sto 'itself coach who helped them write .Q "'.
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<br /> is sewn onto the quilt, in both the t t.helped - .;
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<br /> English and Spanish.-It will also. 'create the
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<br /> th uilt but the stud n'ts
<br /> be translated into Karen, Chi- did all of the artwork alone,". 3=g :-, ;:.y:�:.�., : • :::_,:.,e;�.•..•� ��.�, ,:-..-:::1.=\ SA:-:v1/41--- -; .
<br /> nese and French. I-,ederer said.' . : :. .lpp_:F:' :` - ;� 3'-i '
<br /> . "I'like Spike e because ht goes-.. She said.the ro ect'has taken • ;1--..:.,. _: 4 -..• . ,•, ? :.
<br /> around trying to get hugs,"said' the`entire school ear..The.fifth •- `.-w'-.,: .'r <''
<br /> a PHoTo BY JASh11NJArla]OCO•
<br /> Amber "Cotton, a fifth-grader' graders--began writing the.stor-y -• ,:
<br /> who worked ;on,the.story-anti. in'the early.fall and the quilt was
<br /> A student-points•out a'cha'racter,frorn;the:children's-story:"Searehin' ;:.':. _
<br /> " q Urchin,"as.Susie Wilde,the'.projeci's w-iting.coach,reads the,story:to'•
<br /> on the quilt. •: started soon after.'Every student
<br /> a group of kindergartners.at.Carrboro'Elementary_5chool.s Farnily.Book.
<br /> The evening opened with a at the school helped with'the Arts Night.
<br /> reading of"Searchin'Urchin"by ,project.in some way. -
<br /> -Susie Wilde,a writer and teach- 'The diversity of students at Gignoux said that Rachel - started;"'Gignouxsaid. .-
<br /> ing artist who helped the siu- Carrboro Elementary School in Beck, a Carrboro•parent,:invit• Gignoux. and .Wilde have-
<br /> dents write the story. The quilt spired the story.• ed the;two'artist's-in-residence been;working on such -story
<br /> hung behind her while she Lead, i We came up with the theme to-participate'in the`project:.'She : quilts-.'for' mare.:than 10_years.:
<br /> and students pointed out various. out of:the'•-school itself,"-said Peg applied for an-N.C.Arts Coffin-: They have.:extegsive experience.
<br /> characters on it as they appeared Gignoux, a textile artist.•who cilgrant,:which then:served as with .school based residencies
<br /> in the story, helped the students create the seed money. and are designate-.teaching art-.
<br /> After the reading, students quilt."I lie currents of culture•rep- ' '1 he art teacher jumped ists pn the NCAC Touring Artist
<br /> and their Families divided them- resent the diversity of the school." • on the idea, and so the project Directory.
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