[BakerButlerMatters] Update

[Thomas Pajewski]

PTO Meeting ­ Tonight ­ 7:30 pm


Baker-Butler Sculpture Park Receives Two Artistic Additions, Spring 2008
 
  Thanks to the efforts of Baker-Butler Elementary School teacher Isabelle
Ramsey and a $5000 grant from the Bama Works Fund, two new sculptures will
be added to Baker-Butler’s Sculpture Park, Echoes of Nature, this spring.
Created by local artists, “Obelisk” and “Azit” were selected from 11
submissions to enhance the park.
 
  The four-member committee responsible for choosing “Obelisk” and “Azit”
hopes the additions will attract new visitors to the 57-acre park and nature
trails. Committee members include Baker-Butler’s own Isabelle Ramsey; Aaron
Fein, whose artwork already resides in the park; Jill Trischman-Marks, a
landscape architect; and Elizabeth Breeden, director of ArtInPlace.org.
 
  With a base adorned by students’ handprints, “Obelisk” is topped by a
copper globe.  James J. Nemer, creator of the 10-foot sculpture, hopes the
piece will encourage students and visitors to take an active role in
protecting the earth’s beauty and natural resources.
 
  “Azit,” which is Russian for “secret meeting place,” was created by Su
Kyung Park and provides an outdoor environment inviting people to sit and
converse. Representing children’s growth, bean-shaped seats will be arranged
around a garden or fountain.
 
  Established in 2003, the 57-acre sculpture park is a nature-infused outlet
for local artwork. “As educators, we know that an art-enhanced environment
inspires students to consider a world beyond their immediate surroundings,”
said Baker-Butler principal David Cushman. “To have art so prominent in and
around the school increases the students’ intellectual energy and
understanding … The art in the sculpture park makes us all more sensitive to
art and nature and stimulates our minds and our hearts.”
 
  The sculptural additions are the result of a $5,000 grant from the Bama
Works Fund, applied for by Isabelle Ramsey. The fund is sponsored by the
Dave Matthews Band and administered by the Charlottesville Area Community
Foundation.    
 

Yearbook Orders ­ Final Days to Order Your Yearbook
  
  Don’t miss your chance to reserve the 2007-2008 Baker-Butler Yearbook!
Orders are due February 8th.  To order: send $15 check payable to
Baker-Butler PTO in an envelope marked with Yearbook Order, your child’s
name, teacher, and your email for confirmation.  This 68-page full color
yearbook will capture memories from the year that your child will not want
to miss.  The yearbook committee¹s goal is to have each student at school in
a candid.
  
  Orders received to date have been confirmed to the email provided on the
envelope; we do not confirm orders without an email provided.  If you have
not received confirmation, you may contact Deanna Nolan at 964-1118 or
joe_deanna at yahoo.com to check on your order.  Just before the deadline,
teachers will be provided with a list of students that have ordered a
yearbook.
   

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