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[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

Love my Swifties! This incredible group of kiddos bring so much joy to the art room each day and inspire me continuously. I am so unbelievably lucky ❤️

[Randolph Schools @RandolphSchools]

RMS 7th grade students participated in an art integration lesson connecting the music of Taylor Swift with the work of Jackson Pollock. Together, the students created an action painting in the style of Jackson Pollock while listening to some of their favorite Taylor Swift songs.

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

6 & 7th grade Visual Art S’s worked together on this gorgeous 38x55 oil pastel mural reproduction of Banksy’s Life Is Beautiful featuring Billie Holiday in honor of Black History Month. Share the love! #BlackHistoryMonth #Banksy #RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1 @RandolphSchools

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

RMS end of Marking period gallery walk. S’s have time to appreciate the work of their peers and leave comments to spread positivity as we celebrate our efforts in this culminating activity. #randolphschools @RandolphSchools @RandolphMiddle @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

End of marking period 1 Art Department Art Show. RMS artists are amazing!!! @RandolphMiddle @RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1 #randolphschools

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

8th Grade Visual Art S’s create Memoir Combines to document their lives. Each one has pocket of importance, found objects to symbolize key moments, lists of thoughts, fragmented frames. In love with their results! Everyone has a story…what’s yours? #RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

Kiddos staging, lighting, and photographing artwork to prepare virtual gallery and end of marking period hallway display. #Randolphart @RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

I asked students to paint their mood as a check in…lots of big feelings. @jdiegidio1 #artclass #SEL

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@jdiegidio1 @RandolphSchools So neat!!!!

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

S’s asked to create presentation to share the celebration of Diwali and the art of diyas. I told S’s sharing things that are special to us connect us as humans. Another S said she felt connected to this as she celebrates Hanukkah, also celebration of light. My heart was beaming

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@RandolphSchools These kiddos were beyond incredible and the set design was gorgeous!

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@jdiegidio1 This play was AMAZING!!!! @BurlasJacob your work with these kiddos is simply extraordinary!!!

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

Episode 2 of the top secret RMS Library project…the one where kiddos fashion their own trash bag smocks and construct gigantic creations. Big shout out to our amazing maintenance man Mr. LaRocco for helping these kiddos make their ideas come to fruition! @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@ATT what is going on in the Sussex/Morris county NJ area. Phone service is not working with everyone I know in the area

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

8th grade artists have been working so hard on their precision and accuracy for the portrait unit and are now seeing how long term focus and persistence (a skill we all need to practice) pays off. So proud of these kiddos! @RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

When your kiddos are working on a “top secret” art installation plan to improve RMS library as part of their Community Contribution Art unit…they move their office to the hallway. Flexible seating at its finest 😊 @RandolphMiddle @RandolphSchools @jdiegidio1

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@DavidAulenbach @j152f @nmarquez76 @kate_marci_ @MrAlsaHistory @Nussbaum_92 @JoeMc117 @msgarilli @kmcsweeney19 @Mrs_E_Kane Wow this looks spectacular!!!

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

Impromptu end of year bulletin board created by 8th graders inspired by Bansky. If this past year taught us anything, it certainly taught us There is Always Hope @ArtsofRandolph

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

I love when kiddos create beautiful vignettes with the art supplies ❤️

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

@swaimer1 @EisenhowerMS Love their projects!!!

[stacy wess @rmsartrules]

This is why teaching “Art For Peace of Mind” art/mindfulness infusion to my middle school students means the world to me.

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

We need to learn to manage our emotions and achieve inner peace. Our education should include an understanding of how to achieve peace of mind. Education should teach us how to live properly, how to balance our wish for physical comfort with mental comfort.