Blue Ridge Art Club Students use their art to help people.

Blue Ridge Fifth Grade Art Club members raised $1,332.23 to donate to Susquehanna County Interfaith for their fuel assistance program.  This is the fourth year that art teacher, Sarrah Dibble-Camburn's after school art club has completed this project, totaling over $2,800 in aid for families over the last few winters.

Susquehanna County Interfaith currently has helped 191 households this cold season, with more calls coming in daily. Donations such as the art club's help many senior citizens, children, and families to stay warm and healthy during the difficult northeast Pennsylvania winters. For those who are facing financial challenges, whether due to job loss, medical difficulties, or other issues, it can be especially hard to make an already tight budget stretch even further to cover heating costs. The students' creativity, enthusiasm and community service are giving hope and heat to many neighbors in need.

The students' complete this project as part of The Hexagon Project where students from around the globe illustrate in 3-D or 2-D what interdependence means.  Blue Ridge Fifth Grade Art Club defined that as helping our neighbors by keeping them warm.  One student, Hannah Kline, collected $312.65 with her donation container at the Pump N Pantry in New Milford.  Their projects will be a part of The Hexagon Project art show in the fall of 2014.

Visit http://hexagonproject.wordpress.com/ for additional information.

Art Club wanted to thank the community for their donations and the businesses for their participation.  The amount we raised says something wonderful about the people in area we live.  

Thank you to the following businesses for letting us place a hexagon donation at your location:  Cindy's Cafe, Jenny Leighs, Rob's Market, Great Bend VFW, Pump N Pantry (New Milford), Lucky Dog Pet Spa, Valley Lanes Bowling Alley, Blue Stone Pizza, Epstein and Associates, Sheriff's Office, Tedeschi's Pizza, Southern NY Neurosurgical Group, Stone's Hardware Store, Little Slice of Heaven, The Geyer Family, PNC Thrift Store, Sunoco Great Bend, Depot Susquehanna, Green Gables, The Fireplace Restaurant (Tunkhannock), Lindsey Oil, Danscapes, Reddon's Drug Store, Lackawanna College (Gibson), Jem's Ice Cream, Hartford Exxon.

BRES February Student Standout

Last row:  Makayla Shidagis, Dawson Stone, Cassidy Parker, John Barry
4th row:  Breana Paterno, James Minton, Wyatt Bross, Griffin Whitehead
3rd row:  Kyle Baker, Max Madura, Alex Sanchez-Salinas, Emily McCarthy, John Fiore
2nd row:  Calim Percario, Micah Findley, Carson Gallagher, Alex Rudock
Front row:  Ireland Rudock, Johnathan Pue, Hailey Wooster, Jaylee Miller, Abigail Bednarchik
Absent from photo:  Kara Wdowiak, Cameron Nabinger, Jameson Mock, McKenna Zick

BRES January Citizen of the Month Students

Subject: January Citizen of the Month Students

Back row:  Mr. Matt Button-Principal, Ashleigh Yager, James Coates, Jacob Morris, Aaron Beesley, Marissa Derrick, Miss Jessica Boyko-Counselor
Row Four:  Logan Sellitto, Kaelynn Brant, Hanna McCarthy, Ashlyn Fisher, Danielle Tierney
Row Three:  Navaeh Wolf, Madison Makosky, Gideon Squier, Donald Connelly, Riley Hayes
Row Two:  Anyah Caljean, Alicia Johnson, Scarlett Osterhout, Timothy Higgins, Gehrig Dibble
Front Row:  Brogan Gunn, Kayden Frantz, Alexander Krayeski

Not pictured:  Kiara Thongthip-Hobart, Lillian Edwards, Alexis Steffens, Riley Hayes

First Grade Career Day

In December, Mr. Kenneth Anderson, uncle of Chasity Fiske, was one of many wonderful presenters for First Grade's Career Day.  He offered a special prize of a model tractor trailer truck to the student who drew the best rendition.  Alex Sanches-Salinas was the proud winner of the truck.  Alex spends much of his free time making illustrations from sharks to Spiderman.  When the contest was presented to Alex, he excitedly jumped into action and wanted to work on his picture right away.  He was very motivated by the prospect of winning the truck.  Mr. Anderson will be displaying Alex's picture in his office.

Blue Ridge 5th Grade Art Club members, recently finished building centerpieces for the fourth annual Blue Ribbon Gala on Saturday, February 15th.  This fundraiser benefits the non-profit organization Marley's Mission, which provides free equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP) to children who have suffered trauma.  

Blue Ridge students built these amazing sculptures under the guidance of art teacher, Sarrah Dibble-Camburn in their after school club.  The art club members used paper scrolling to build three dimensional horses.  This project took a few weeks to complete using patience, paper, and glue.  The students created eleven centerpieces for the event.

 

Katie White, Ryan Glatzel, Holly Geyer

Brandon Reid

Makena Slater, Breanna Post, Brea Conrad, Kaylyn Lewis