Bacich Elementary Art Blog

Welcome to the Bacich Art For Bears Program TK-4th grade! We are off to a fabulous start.  During our first art lessons of the new school year, we established routines and rules and each one of our 645 students got to decorate their very own art journals. Each grade level had the opportunity to explore a grade-level appropriate art technique or activity. The Art Journal Through out the school year students will have the opportunity to use their Art Journals  in a combination of sketching, note taking, and personal journal writing. Students reflect upon and evaluate their own learning.  This allows students to place reading and writing in a context that is functional and personally relevant.  One of the key lessons in our art program is that there are no mistakes in art. Besides being a means of recording, the journal is a safe place for the student to express his or her thoughts and ideas in writing and drawing that is not corrected by the teacher, givi...

Volunteer Information, Art Class Schedules and Calendar 2017/18 Thank you for your interest in coordinating and/or volunteering in the Bacich Art Room. The Bacich Art Program is called "Art For Bears"(AFB). There are two basic AFB volunteer job opportunities:  1. Coordinator/Assistant  2. Additional Volunteer Below please find job descriptions for each of the two volunteer opportunities, biweekly art class schedules Week A and Week B, as well as Week A and Week B 2017/18 calendar.  1. Coordinator/Assistant Job Description/Responsibilities ● You’re the LEAD coordinator and Mrs. Libby's assistant for your class. ● Create and maintain a biweekly volunteer schedule for your class ● You may use “volunteer spot” to create a volunteer schedule ● Throughout the year, there may be requests from Mrs. Libby to have additional volunteers in class due to the nature of some special Art projects. This will be communicated to you in advance by Mrs. Lib...

PaperSeed Foundation is excited to inform you that the results of this year’s Marin County Recycled Materials Art Competition are in! This year’s submissions were  outstanding  and there were  ties in more than one category that required a special round of judging!   Group Category : K-1 st  Winner:   Sarah Vattuone’s Kindergarten Class- Reed Elementary Runner Up:   Barbara Libby-Steinmann’s Kindergarten Group- Bacich Elementary Honorable Mention:   Wendy Jawor’s First Grade Class- Reed Elementary 2 nd -3 rd  Winner:  Carrie Morgan’s 3 rd  Grade Class- Edna Maguire Runner Up:  Barbara Libby-Steinmann’s 2nd Grade Group- Bacich Elementary Honorable Mention:  Vallecito Green Team, Recycled Theater 4 th -5 th :  Barbara Libby-Steinmann’s 4 th  Grade Group- Bacich Elementary Congratulations to Bacich Elementary Art Teacher Mrs. Libby and her students  for their creative,...