Stone Bank School

08/30/2022

New year, new page! We are sunsetting our current page and moving to a new digital home. Please give our new page a like and share.

We cannot wait to showcase all of the amazing things happening this year at Stone Bank.

Click on the link below to see what we have been up to.

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03/30/2022

REMINDER: SQUARE ONE ART ORDERS are due this Friday, April 1st!

Thank you so much to all who have purchased the awesome abstract art products our students and staff worked so hard to create!- Your generosity has gotten us almost halfway to our sales goal!

If you have yet to place your order, please see each of your student’s personalized catalogs for instructions, as well as their individual art access code/s

Call/text/email/PM Tana Swedberg with questions (262-490-8141 [email protected] )

03/15/2022

Like the advanced, ready for high school, rockstars they are, the 8th graders studied not one, but FOUR different abstract art styles and combined them into one cool project inspired by Picasso’s Bull Series print! These projects would make such fun personalized thank you cards to use after all the upcoming 8th grade grad parties!

03/14/2022

Our 7th graders tried their hands at Op (optical) Art inspired by the glam 1960s English painter Bridget Riley! We know our 7th graders will want to order notebooks or laptop stickers with their awesome designs!

03/13/2022

Our SBS 6th graders got to know the famous Dutch artist Piet Mondrian, whose signature geometric works have inspired modern day computer language and programming, fashion design, architecture… and now MAPS! Ms Maurer & the 6th graders really blew us away with their creativity on this project! Each student combined their own “mental map” of their home/neighborhood with Mondrian’s style & a Google Maps fact check just to be sure. Who wouldn’t love to see one of these as personalized wall art hanging in their home???

03/12/2022

What study of abstract art would be complete without Pablo Picasso? I think it’s safe to say that our SBS 4th & 5th graders really “understood the assignment”! Check out how skillfully they applied Picasso-like cubism to their own self portraits! Putting these on ANY Square 1 art product would be a precious memento of their amazing talent and a preserved snapshot of how they see themselves for this blink of an eye that is 9-11 years old!

03/12/2022

2nd & 3rd grades “visited” the cities of Paul Klee- a Swiss born German artist, author and professor known for the way he combined influences of expressionism, cubism, and surrealism into his own unique style! The uniqueness of each of our 2nd & 3rd grade artists really shined through in the “cities” they chose to convey- A farm, a seascape, and everything in between! What perfect playroom throw blankets or beach towels these would make!!!

03/11/2022

Our 1st grade students had a “rolling” good time learning about Jackson Po***ck- the mastermind behind some of the most famous (“action-painted”) American art of our time! Ms Maurer and Mr Jaeger helped our 1st graders create these amazing works of art using a marble rolling technique. Wouldn’t these pieces look great as a gallery wrapped canvas or tote bag?

03/11/2022

Our youngest SB artists in 4K and 5K studied the work and style of Trudy Benson, a modern abstract artist who was born in Virginia, and whose work is said to have been inspired by 1980s and 90s computer art programs like the Microsoft Paint program many of us parents remember using in school ourselves! According to Ms Maurer, our 4K and 5K students “learned a lot about patterns and line”! These bright, colorful projects would make fabulous hot pads, kitchen trivets, and charms for bracelets or necklaces!

03/09/2022

SQUARE 1 ART IS BACK!

Our amazing Art dept team of Mrs Hammernik, Mr Jaeger, and Ms Maurer is at it again- helping students create gorgeous works of art that we can have made into an array of products (like notebooks, magnets, water bottles, jewelry, etc.) as a way to raise money for our school.

Not only is Square 1 Art one of PTO's longest running annual fundraisers, it also gives parents a window into the incredible teaching and learning going on in SBS classrooms every day! This year's project lessons focused on Abstract Art, and the artists who have created some of the world's most famous works in this genre.

Ordering information from Square 1 is set to arrive prior to Spring Break (with delivery in time for Mothers Day)... but in the meantime, please watch the Reaching Out Newsletter, PTO Newsletter, and Social Media in the coming weeks for updates, a contest, and examples of the lessons taught in each grade!

10/21/2021

Stone Bank School Celebrated Unity Day on Wednesday, Oct. 21st to show unity for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion. It was a wonderful day where we all came together to make Stone Bank School a safe and amazing school where we always stand UNITED!

PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center (NBPC)

09/20/2021

We've got a lot going on, and a lot to celebrate! - Learn more in the Reaching Out!

Stone Bank School Reaching Out ~ September 17, 2021