tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87294057215932401412024-03-14T10:19:16.726-05:00Our CrookstonA place where we can join together and plan our own revitalization program.Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-60228848083942429002015-01-31T08:05:00.001-06:002015-01-31T08:05:33.300-06:00CROOKSTON ONE ACT PLAY TEAM WINS SUB-SECTION AND ADVANCES TO SECTIONS FEBRUARY 7<div style="margin-left: 6px;">
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Crookston High School One Act Play won the </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Section 8A Sub-30 contest Thursday night in the Crookston High School Auditorium. Crookston performed Shuddersome: Tales of Poe. The second place team was Ada-Borup, who performed "This is a Test." Both teams advance to the Section 8A contest in Bagley on Saturday, February 7. <br />The Crookston cast and crew included: Charles Brantner, Zach Lutz, Michelle Cuno, Macy Larson, Alex MacGregor, Ciera Goering, Kari Gillette, Madison Crane, Megan Frisk, Allison Reinhart, Callie Boucher, Brianna Visness, Bethany Newquist, Amanda Barrus, Gabriella Ostgaard, Kaitlin Selzler, Zach Sanders, Naomi Henry, Mallory Cuno, and Daphne Butler. The team is directed by Beth Carlson.</span></b></div>
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Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-10009063944454522472013-12-14T13:01:00.001-06:002013-12-14T13:01:21.034-06:00Banksy in NYC - In Focus - The AtlanticCrookston needs a Banksy! <br />
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<a href="http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2012/05/observing-midwest-rebuild/2004/">The Midwest's Rebuild Era, in Pictures - David Lepeska - The Atlantic Cities</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-10306506210158617212013-03-26T07:42:00.002-05:002013-03-26T07:42:41.857-05:00Reason #9 to start children's museums in CrookstonThe "prickly subject of race" and "gifted children" should not be missed from our List.<br />
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Thanks to the Crookston Times for reprinting this excerpt from a Minnesota Public Radio broadcast!<br />
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All the bleak statistics about Minnesota's achievement
gap became personal to fifth-grade teacher Jen Engel, when she realized
that gap was playing out in her own classroom.<br /><br />"It stares you right in the face. It's real."<br /><br />Engel
teaches at Echo Park Elementary School in Burnsville, where about half
of the students are racial minorities, many of them struggling
academically. The 43-year-old, who is white, has heard about the factors
that can contribute to the racial achievement gap, including poverty,
unstable living conditions and troubled families.<br /><br />But she says those are no excuses for educators.<br /><br />So
Engel is one of several teachers who are learning how to be what
educators describe as "culturally responsive" to her students as part of
a Twin Cities program offered by St. Mary's University of Minnesota,
whose main campuses are in Winona and Minneapolis.<br /><br />"The outside
factors are not within my control," Engel told Minnesota Public Radio
(http://bit.ly/ZTibUQ). "When these kids come to school, I see where
their strengths are and where the gaps are. It's my job at the end of
the day to fill those gaps."<br /><br />Minnesota has some of the worst
academic achievement gaps in the nation between white kids and students
of color. For example, Minnesota has the nation's worst on-time
graduation rates among Latinos and American Indians and is among the
worst for black and Asian students.<br /><br />The St. Mary's program is
part of an effort among some teachers to make their classes more
culturally relevant to their students. It requires the teachers -- most
of whom are white women -- to find new ways to connect to struggling
kids.<br /><br />St. Mary's instructor Marceline DuBose encourages her
students to shake up their traditional teaching styles. She said music
and movement can help capture students who learn differently.<br /><br />The
education system is already working best for white, middle-class kids,
particularly female students, so it's no surprise that many teachers
share those traits, DuBose said. The state Department of Education
estimates that less than 4 percent of Minnesota teachers are people of
color. Yet more than a quarter of Minnesota's students are nonwhite.<br /><br />Sometimes,
that disconnect can result in a not-so-subtle bias. DuBose, a former
social studies teacher, said she had former colleagues who gave up on
poor or nonwhite students. She recalls hearing them bemoan that
classrooms aren't what they used to be.<br /><br />"They were white teachers
and had been teaching for a number of years, and they would attach
directly 'the way it used to be' with the idea that they had to alter
their rigor and expectations, because they just weren't going to get
from the students what they used to get," DuBose said.<br /><br />Those lowered expectations can play out even for students of color whose families are well-off.<br /><br />Luz
Maria Frias is a Latina mother of two, married to an African-American
man. Both are attorneys. Frias remembers confronting her daughter's
elementary school teacher after learning he had not selected her for a
gifted program. She came to school armed with standardized test scores
showing her daughter scored in the nation's top percentiles, she said.<br /><br />"He
admitted he was very familiar with her academic achievements, and that
she was a gifted child. And when I asked why he had excluded her from
the gifted program, he said he had forgotten."<br /><br />Frias then asked
him how many kids in the gifted program were girls or kids of color. The
teacher acknowledged that there were none.<br /><br />"It was a tough
conversation," Frias said. "His first reaction was, 'Are you calling me a
sexist?' And I said to him, 'You'd be really lucky if I stopped
there.'" Frias, now a vice president with the Minneapolis Foundation,
was able to persuade the teacher to include her daughter in the program.
But she says not every parent is savvy enough to push for these kinds
of opportunities for their kids.<br /><br />Supporters of culturally
relevant teaching say it's not just about believing in your students.
It's about developing deeper relationships with them and not shying away
from the prickly subject of race.<br /><br />Tracine Asberry, an
African-American school board member and a former teacher in
Minneapolis, says it's natural to teach who you are. But if you come
from a privileged background and don't believe in the struggles faced by
many people of color, your opinions can alienate a lot of kids.<br /><br />"As
teachers, teaching students who have different realities, we have to be
aware of those things. We can't just be aware of them. We have to be
comfortable so that we can have the conversation, and then encourage our
students to feel comfortable to have those conversations in our
classroom."<br /><br />Asberry believes one way to close the achievement gap
is to close the teacher gap. For some students of color, she says, the
key might be as simple as making sure the person leading the classroom
looks like them.<br /><br /><br />
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Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-11007208036211044402013-03-22T07:43:00.001-05:002013-03-22T07:43:02.819-05:00Way to go Brady!<a href="http://www.crookstontimes.com/article/20130321/NEWS/130329804/1001/NEWS">Crookston High School artists show their stuff - News - Crookston Times - Crookston, MN</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-32831938868079129852013-03-17T12:06:00.000-05:002013-03-17T12:06:38.291-05:00Top 8 Reasons for developing Children's Museums"Children's museums are cultural institutions committed to serving the needs and interests of children by providing exhibits and programs that stimulate curiosity and motivate learning. There are approximately 350 children's museums around the world. Here are highlights on how children's museums positively impact children, families, and communities." ("The Case for Children's Museums" Association of Children's Museums, Washington, D.C.)<br />
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1. Children's museums help children develop essential foundational skills.<br />
2. Children's museums respect childhood.<br />
3. Children's museums light a creative spark for discovery and lifelong learning.<br />
4. Children's museums are environments where families connect in meaningful ways.<br />
5. Children's museums serve as town squares and build social capital.<br />
6. Children's museums are uniquely positioned to help reverse stigma and discrimination.<br />
7. Children's museums strengthen community resources that educate and care for children.<br />
8. children's museums contribute to local economies and reduce economic barriers.<br />
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<br />Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-69402409319808385842013-03-16T13:47:00.002-05:002013-03-16T13:47:50.455-05:00Children's Museums - Put one in every vacant storefront!One day I was driving the school bus thinking about how was I going to wade through all this information on starting a children's museum. For those of you with kids or grandkids, children's museums feature exhibits that allow kids to hands on play with them and learn! And I was reading the comments from the "Crookston In Motion" survey results, where the biggest concern was filling downtown vacant storefronts. Well, who says we have to have a business in the main floors of our vacant buildings? Why not make Crookston one big children's museum? We can feature science in the former Rexall Drug store, language skills in another building, art of course is already planned for the former cathedral on Ash Street. Voila, just a bigger concept than the "Young at HArt Center." For those who haven't read the proposal for the cathedral. Here's the link: <br />
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There is no reason why we can't work on this project at the same time as our rehab grant application goes in for the former cathedral! I'm thinking that meetings on Saturday mornings at the Library will be a good time to get together and watch the dvd, and start reading how to do it right! Watch this space for a date. Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-36764315157140414602013-03-16T11:13:00.000-05:002013-03-16T11:13:01.407-05:00You rock Erin!You've Got Art! <br />
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Sub Section 30 One Act Play competition on Thursday with schools from Ada Borup,
Fertile-Beltrami, Norman County East, Ulen-Hitterdal and Norman County West.
Fisher pulled out of the competition. <br />
Crookston High School presented “Hoodie” and took first place while Ada Borup
was the runner up. The section competition will be at the Ada Borup School on
February 2 with Crookston and Ada Borup representing subsection 30.<br />
Beth Carlson directed the Crookston production with Gabriela Ostgaard as the
assistant director and lights sound operator along with Mallory Cuno.<br />
Cast members in Hoodie are Justin Burgoz, Lucas Butler, Bryan Sanchez, Zach
Lutz, Torrie Greer, Cyrina Ostgaard, McKaela Larson, Kari Gillette, Lydia
Shafer, Emma Dufault, Keaton Limper, Heidi Shol, Averi Thompson, Madison Crane,
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Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-69798181323403915202013-01-25T13:19:00.002-06:002013-01-25T13:19:28.103-06:00Top 10 Reasons for Crookston to bring back elementary arts!<br />
<b>Click on the link below from the Washington Post for the top ten skills that your children can develop through instruction in the fine arts: </b><a href="http://wapo.st/WriViM"><span style="color: blue;"><b>http://</b>wapo.st/WriViM</span></a> <br />
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Whether it's traveling to the Twin Cities or Chicago,
Crookston's art program takes a class trip every other year, and so
far, there's been nothing but positive feedback about these experiences.
Gary Stegman, art teacher at the high school, will be taking a group of
29 kids, along with chaperones Jackie Robertson and Jill Carlson, to
the Twin Cities on Tuesday, Oct. 16 to visit many different art
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quite the understatement. The group will be leaving the high school at 6
a.m. Tuesday, and will be returning home around 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
"We were going to go over MEA break, but there were conflicts with the
Cathedral retreat and STLF trip," mentioned Stegman. This year the class
will be traveling to Minneapolis considering a one-day trip to Chicago,
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They will then make their way to two more art centers; the Minneapolis
Institute for the Arts and the Sculpture Garden. "The more famous
artists' work is displayed at the Minneapolis Institute," remarked
Stegman. "It will be art that's about history and technique." Lastly,
the group will make their way to the Sculpture Garden, home to the
famous Spoonbridge and Cherry art exhibit.<br />
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students will also get to experience another form of art, a Broadway
play. "The kids are very excited about this part of the trip," said
Stegman. Disney's Beauty and the Beast is the show they will be going
to, and Stegman claims it will be "breathtaking."<br />
<br /> Stegman believes the trip will leave a lasting-impression on the students.<br />
One student who went on the last art trip to Chicago, Brady Larson, is
expecting great things from the upcoming visit to Minneapolis. "I liked
being exposed to the great art and seeing the city and its sights,"
said Larson, "and I think this next trip will be another good
experience, another eye-opener."<br />
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trips proven to be an eye-opener for the students, but they have also
enhanced their artistic abilities, giving them insight through exposure
to famous art. Stegman believes this trip has helped his students
prepare for the state art exhibit that comes later in the school year,
but most importantly, he says, "I just want these trips to improve the
art program."<br />
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Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-73489815859221812912012-12-22T10:16:00.000-06:002012-12-22T10:16:38.212-06:00Crookston Central alum, Reese, honors Krause with sculpture
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Reese now working on Pirate mascot sculpture, and Parnow will make a cabinet for that, too.
<strong>By Katie Davidson, Student Staff Writer for the Crookston Daily Times.</strong>
Oct. 5, 2012
12:07 p.m.
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Parnow, left, who built the cabinet that houses the sea horse sculpture
crafted by Central High School alum Jim Reese in memory of longtime art
teacher Leroy Krause, is pictured with CHS art teacher Gary Stegman.</div>
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If you've been in the Crookston High School commons
at all this school year, you've probably noticed the school's latest
addition to its memorial wall. Standing three feet tall in a case is a
sea horse sculpture dedicated to former Crookston Central High art
teacher, Leroy Krause, for making an impact on one specific student's
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Jim Reese, 1962 CHS graduate, is now a
professional artist in Colorado where he has created many different
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<li class="art_para" id="contents" style="padding-right: 20px;"> "In his own words, Reese would describe himself as a bad kid," said Gary Stegman, current art teacher at the high school.<br />
<br /> According to CHS Principal Lon Jorgenson, through his teaching, Krause became Reese's "rock."<br />
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In order to show his utmost appreciation, Reese decided to put his
artistic abilities to the test by creating a sculpture to honor Krause
and his love for all kinds of sea life.<br />
<br /> "We received
this three-foot sea horse sculpture from Reese with no other information
except to have a plaque with Leroy Krause's name put on it," Jorgenson
explained.<br />
<br /> Along with the plaque, Jorgenson thought it
would be best to have Reese's artwork displayed in a case, made by Matt
Parnow, a Crookston graduate and owner of Elegant WoodWorks, to put on
exhibit for anyone at the school to recognize. "The case is made out of
black walnut and zero wood accent," said Parnow.<br />
<br /> "With
some help from the student council and other donations, we were able to
purchase the $1,500-$1,800 case," Jorgenson said.<br />
<br /> The high school will also be adding lights in the case, to light up the sculpture for all to see.<br />
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In awe of Reese's artistic abilities, Jorgenson had an idea for the
capable artist, a matching sculpture for the commons. Instead of another
sea horse, Jorgenson is leaning towards something to show CHS's school
spirit, what he called a "connection piece" or a rallying point,
something to give kids pride in being a Pirate. Crookston High School's
mascot, Lester the Pirate, came to mind.<br />
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Coincidentally, Reese had recently made a cowboy sculpture called
"Bushwacked" that with some transformations could easily become a
pirate. "The sculpture will cost under $7,000, and we have already
received donations from KROX, DEE Inc. and Andy Oman at State Farm,"
Jorgenson said.<br />
<br /> With hopes for more sponsors, the high
school hopes to have the sculpture, placed in another one of Parnow's
cases, in its commons before the end of the school year.<br />
Note: Attempts to reach Reese for comment on this story were unsuccessful.<br />
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<img alt="Inner-City Arts" id="asset_442729" src="http://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1331598483photo%287%29.jpg" /><br /> In a survey conducted by IBM last year, 1,500 CEOs <a href="http://www.good.is/post/solving-the-creativity-crisis-the-no-right-brain-left-behind-challenge/">identified creativity</a> as the number one competitive edge" of the future. And Secretary of Education Arne Duncan <a href="http://www.ed.gov/blog/2012/03/it%E2%80%99s-march-do-you-know-how-strong-your-schools%E2%80%99-arts-programs-are/">recently wrote</a>
that dance, music, theater, and visual arts "are essential to preparing
our nation's young people for a global economy fueled by innovation and
creativity."<br />
Yet despite the need for employees and
entrepreneurs with well-developed right-brain "soft skills" and the
wealth of research indicating that students at schools with robust arts
programs are more likely to go to college, school art programs
nationwide are being decimated by budget cuts. In Los Angeles,
elementary school art programs may soon disappear altogether. The result
is that students are missing out on the opportunity to, in Duncan's
words, "experience the arts in deep and meaningful ways and to make
curricular connections with math, science, and the humanities." <br />
But in the Skid Row neighborhood just east of downtown Los Angeles, one
organization has been working to bring art back for the past 23 years. <a href="http://www.inner-cityarts.org/">Inner-City Arts</a>,
a nonprofit known as one of the most effective arts education entities
in the nation, offers an immersive artistic experience to every Los
Angeles public school student, regardless of ability to pay.<br />
Los
Angeles magnet school teacher Robin Wynne-Davis says her third-graders,
a "naturally curious bunch," have become more observant and descriptive
since participating in Inner-City Arts. "They’re paying more attention
to detail, and their critical thinking and creativity is blossoming,"
she says. "They’re opening their eyes to the world around them."<br />
Joannza Lo, a second-year teaching artist at Inner-City Arts who spent
January and February teaching animation and graphic design to
Wynne-Davis' class, says many of the 200 students she instructs each
week have never experienced art. "It’s possible for a student to go from
kindergarten through high school in the district without any exposure
to art at all," she says. After participating in the program, Lo says,
students change their attitudes about themselves: "Their ability to take
risks increases, and they learn to value each mistake as a new starting
point."<br />
Many Inner-City Arts projects require students to "let
go of the idea of one piece of art as theirs" and instead learn a
collective process of creating, Lo says, which encourages a sense of
community. Classroom teachers frequently tell Inner-City Arts
instructors they notice students sharing more with each other once they
return to school.<br />
Wynne-Davis' students also take a drama and
media class taught by photography instructor Alxis Ratkevich and drama
instructor Kristy Messer, which combines acting with the animation
skills they’ve learned from Lo to produce a human pixelated movie. After
a few exercise to get the students comfortable with acting out
different emotions, the students watched Norman McLaren’s eight-minute
1952 experimental film "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh4DstK2w_Q">Neighbors</a>"—a
provocative social commentary that, in the age of scripted reading and
math programs, would never be shown in the average third-grade
classroom.<br />
With a few brief directions from Ratkevich and Messer,
the students got to work on their movie, a scene about a bus driver who
begins to drive like a maniac and the reactions of the increasingly
horrified passengers. The kids took turns directing, operating the
camera, and acting out scene after scene of the terrifying ride. Their
focus never wavered, and they quickly mastered the different skills
involved.<br />
Of course, education's emphasis nowadays is on test
scores, and Wynne-Davis acknowledges that's the measure many people will
use to judge whether her class' seven weeks at Inner-City Arts were
worthwhile. But while research shows arts education does boost test
scores, it's clear that the creative experiences students have in the
program are just as valuable as any knowledge that could be bubbled in
on a Scantron form. It seems clear that budget cuts will keep killing
off arts programs in schools, but it's refreshing to know that programs
like Inner-City Arts are still encouraging students to flex their
creative muscles instead of just their test-taking ones.<br />
<em>Photo courtesy of Robin Wynne-Davis</em><br />
<br />Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-32459311628438728782012-03-03T10:18:00.000-06:002012-03-03T10:18:07.358-06:00Local dancers bring home the hardware at Fargo competitionAwesome local arts talent!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.crookstontimes.com/lifestyle/x1053358354/Local-dancers-bring-home-the-hardware-at-Fargo-competition">Local dancers bring home the hardware at Fargo competition</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729405721593240141.post-21186754797647374972012-03-02T05:35:00.000-06:002012-03-02T05:35:48.734-06:00The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Art Every Day - Culture - GOOD"Art is essential. if you haven't reached that conclusion on your own, consider some evidence:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.good.is/post/the-good-30-day-challenge-art-every-day?utm_campaign=daily_good2&utm_medium=email_daily_good2&utm_source=popular_post_link&utm_content=The%20GOOD%2030-Day%20Challenge%3A%20Art%20Every%20Day">The GOOD 30-Day Challenge: Art Every Day - Culture - GOOD</a>Crookston Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875957241392955863noreply@blogger.com0