Jazzman Johnson, teacher Yude Huang, Demetrius Bush and Tamia White prepare rice balls in Chinese II class to helps celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival in February. Click here for more photos.
***UPCOMING LFLA EVENTS - SAVE THE DATE*** 
National Honor Society induction, 6 p.m. Monday, April 22 
National Junior Honor Society induction, 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 1
High School Graduation, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 15
APRIL 2013   e-Newsletter 
 
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ART SHOW GIVES STUDENTS CHANCE TO SHINE
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Veneyshia Hatfield with her portrait of Alicia Keys.

     The LFLA lobby was transformed into a chic art gallery, displaying the work of about 120 students who drew, molded and painted their way into the Student Art Show on Parent Teacher Conference Day, March 14.

     "I loved seeing how proud the students were who came to the art show," said art teacher Alicia Brand, who along with art teacher Laura Beckman and event organizer Gabrijela Stanze, put the show together. "I think they really liked seeing their art and hard work showcased. I even think showing off their work in such a glamorous way will help us in motivating our students in the future."

     Most of the artwork was completed as class projects. About 15 students submitted artwork that they created on their own time, outside of class. The black-and-white portraits took about a month to complete and the students used biography.com to research which African-American icons to spotlight.

     "I think a lot of students chose people that they had heard of but I had several students who wanted to draw someone more historical that they didn't know anything else about," Brand said. 

     The 7th graders created kaleidoscope designs with names that were more technical in nature and took about two weeks of class time to complete.

     "We wanted to teach the students about colors and optical illusion drawing techniques," Brand said. "We try to inspire students with their interests, such as celebrities and their own name. The key to keeping the students focused and on task is finding interesting things that will motivate them and also providing them with a lot of support as they work."

     Click here to see more photos from the Art Show.

 

 

 

MAY 11 FASHION SHOW PROMISES TO BE A SELLOUT
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     Join "Project Runway" stars and St. Louisans Laura Kathleen and Michael Drummond as we spotlight our students at the Celebrating Success Sewing Seeds Fashion Show on Saturday, May 11, at Windows on Washington. Students will show runway-ready looks they created in their Fashion Design class, taught by Laura Kathleen. The evening includes champagne, dinner, live music, silent and live auction. 
     Click here to be part of this great fundraiser!

 

NEW FLOOR FOR 6TH GRADE BUILDING
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Jonetta Edwards, Kayla Miley and Tyron Williams take a minute before their math class to help show off the new floor. 
     The new floor in the 6th grade center is officially installed and looks great. Thank you to the following people, groups and businesses for making this project possible:
     - Helping Hands Project
     - Randall Comfort and Steve Hoover of Remiger | SUDA architects
     - Erin Cartwright Fernandes of E.J. Welch Co.
     - Ron Komlos and Jaclyn Davis of Flooring Systems Inc., and floor installers Randy Schwartz, Trevis Boyster, Phil Elliott and Kyle Busch
     - Jennifer Bush, LFLA development grant writer
     - Marshall Cohen, LFLA executive director

 

3 HAWKS MAKE ALL DISTRICT BASKETBALL TEAM
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Congratulations to senior Deshawn Davenport and freshmen Simone Hall and Teara Walker for being named to the All-District team. Go Hawks!