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Unfortunately, my H.F.A. e-mail has not been working for several weeks. If you have sent me an e-mail and have not received a reply, this is why. Please contact me using my alternative e-mail address johjulr@bethel.edu.  

Just a reminder that the seventh and eighth grade presentations are due this Tuesday, March 9th. The date had to be changed because of the field trip last Tuesday. If you have any questions, please contact me using my alternative e-mail address. johjulr@bethel.edu

If your student is in seventh or eighth grade here at HFA you may have already heard from them about their upcoming art presentation. By now your child should be researching for the presentation due on March 4th.  Below is a copy of the project instructions sheet. Please feel free to e-mial me with any questions regarding this project.

7^th and 8^th Grade Art Project

Fifth graders are beginning to experiment with professional watercolors. They are learning to mix the primary colors together to create the secondary colors. The students are experimenting with color wheels and soon they will begin their first composition.

Read about our Holy Father's recent meeting with artists around the world. This artical is by Daniel Flynn of Reuters.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict met artists from around the world in the Sistine Chapel on Saturday and urged them to inject spirituality into their work, saying contemporary beauty was often "illusory and deceitful."

Eighth graders at Holy Family are trying out acrylic paint for the first time. So far they are doing very well. Acrylics are water based just like watercolors. However, acrylics look and feel a bit more like oil paints.

It has been a great blessing to teach my brand new class of kindergarteners. My goal is to have all their names memorized by the end of this month. I spent the majority of September and October teaching the little ones how to draw shapes and lines. I have been very impressed with how quickly they learn!

Its true! Our Holy Father, Pope Benedict, is a very accomplished pianist. He has performed several concerts in the past few years.