Summer 2019 Newsletter: Art Achievements

Summer 2019 Newsletter: Art Achievements

The Casella poster contest happens every year for third graders.  This year they had an astounding 356 entries from across Vermont. MCS artist Andrew Gautreau was a first place winner and Jacqueline Brown received an honorable mention.   In other art achievement...
News: Birds of Vermont

News: Birds of Vermont

Fourth grade artists recently completed a unit on Vermont birds. The goal was to build a better understanding of each student’s sense of place as well as to collaborate with teachers in order to allow students to explore the topic in a variety of spaces. After...
Mater Christi Students Visit BCA

Mater Christi Students Visit BCA

This morning, our Grade 2 students visited BCA in Burlington. BCA Center docent Kate McKernan gave them a tour of the exhibitions “Skin Ego” and “Robopoems”. One student commented what he likes most about Skin Ego is that it’s “both kinda gross and kinda awesome” Ms....
News: 1st Grade Art

News: 1st Grade Art

Fall is in the air at Mater Christi with pumpkins as the focus in Ms. Lee’s first grade classroom.  With the help of a parent, artist M. C. Baker, the first graders used recycled materials to create a pumpkin art project.  As a Mercy school we are constantly trying to...
3rd Grade visit to the Fleming Museum

3rd Grade visit to the Fleming Museum

The sttudents visit to the Fleming Museum supported their geometry unit in mathematics, coordinated by Mrs. Poirier, Mrs. Coulter and Education Assistant, Lizz Emmett, of the UVM Fleming Museum. Students sketched exhibit artifacts from African, Peruvian, and early...