Mr. Hutchison and Mrs. Martin Create their tiles

Our Principal, Mr. Hutchison gets in on the creativity by creating his own tile #26.  His clay tile teachers were Jessica and Chaney.  

Mckenzie and Jennifer give excellent instructions in creating a tile to Mrs. Martin.  No hesitation on her part!  She jumps right in to create tile #27. She chose the Treble Clef as her symbol of learning.

 "The key to being above average or "middle C" is to continuously seek knowledge."

CSI

Dane chose Fingerprints for his learning symbol.

"My 7th period class is CSI Forensics with Mr. Bryan Downing.  I drew a magnifying glass and fingerprints." Dane

Why I chose the symbol in the student's words!

Here's what the students are saying.....

"I learned the Pythagarean theorem from Mrs. Stokes who helped me understand Geometry better." David

"I chose TEARS OF A TIGER because we read this in reading, Mrs. Bowling read it to us.  It makes you really think about stuff."  Austin

"I chose TEARS OF A TIGER because it is an interesting book and tells about an accident and a boy comitting suicide."  Jesse

"I chose the Constitution.  I really enjoy my Social Studies class with Mrs. Johnson who explains very good." Jenika 

"I chose the plant cell because I learned from Mrs. Pemberton in Science class." Keshara

"I chose the food chain because I learned all about the food chain from my teacher Mr. Downing." Rylan

"I chose Music because music is a part of everybody's life today"

Rhiannon

"Music because without Ms. Lanham I wouldn't know any of the basic music notes, etc.  I also loved The Sound of Music movie. Outside of school music is a big part of my life."  Haley

Painting the Tiles

This is a photo of the painted tiles and gives you an idea of how the wall will look.  It is exciting to see the pieces match up!  Sometimes it is not a perfect match but that's OK....creative!  We are using a one fire method introduced to me by "The Clay Lady" (Danielle  McDaniel ) of Mid-South Ceremics in Nashville.  After the students create their tile we paint the tile with an underglaze and when they have dried for about 1-2 weeks I will dip them in a clear glaze and fire them.  

More Creative Students!

Day #2 Hard at Work!

Tristan, Adisa and Joneka working on their clay tiles.  The students worked with a partner to create 2 seperate tiles.  They had to pay attention to how the tree design was woven throughout the 2 tiles. 


Lucas and Moto create their tiles

Creating the tiles!

Today was Clay Day!  The students drew out their ideas yesterday and today they made a tile and added the coils and symbols.