Manchester Works To Create 'Page In History'
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester Junior High School students, faculty and community members are working to make a "Page in History."
Since the end of September, MJHS students and faculty have been planning work with parents, community members and local businesses to complete a 10-foot sculpture of a Page, the school's mascot.
"It's called a collaborative sculpture," MJHS art teacher Lynn Watson said at an informational meeting Sept. 26. "It brings students, parents and patrons from the community together to work on this. It's really neat."
A drawing of the Page from Manchester High School freshman Mathis Miller will be used as a model for the sculpture. Assembling the Page begins Monday and dedication day is Nov. 17.
Watson said a lot of supplies and materials for the sculpture have been accumulated "due to the outpouring of responses from students, parents and local businesses."
MJHS also held its first school-year social recently. Students were asked to donate $1 for the DJ along with paint brushes, rags, plastic bags or coffee cans for the Page project.
"Because the number of students attending the dance was the largest in recent years, donations were generous," Watson said.
MJHS still needs metal scraps "about the size of a person's hand or arm ... metal durable enough to withstand soldering, torching (cutting) and being bolted together," Watson said. Anyone interested in donating these items can deliver them to the school's warehouse on the northwest side of the building. Watson asks patrons to call the school at 982-8602 before delivering items so a custodian can help unload them.
Dedication day for the Page is Nov. 17 and the cafeteria staff will serve a medieval dinner. A ceremony beginning with the sounds of Renaissance trumpets will "beckon the students to the auditorium for the pomp and circumstance of formally presenting the finished Page sculpture to the school."
"From that moment on," Watson said, "we are hoping the school mascot will become a Page in history with the integrity he has been long needing."
Watson said she and those involved are very excited about the project. Updates will be posted on the school Web site at www.mcs.k12.in.us/mjh Everyone is invited to stop by the school and help out or just observe between Monday and Nov. 17.
"Being artistic is not a prerequisite to be involved," Watson said. [[In-content Ad]]
NORTH MANCHESTER - Manchester Junior High School students, faculty and community members are working to make a "Page in History."
Since the end of September, MJHS students and faculty have been planning work with parents, community members and local businesses to complete a 10-foot sculpture of a Page, the school's mascot.
"It's called a collaborative sculpture," MJHS art teacher Lynn Watson said at an informational meeting Sept. 26. "It brings students, parents and patrons from the community together to work on this. It's really neat."
A drawing of the Page from Manchester High School freshman Mathis Miller will be used as a model for the sculpture. Assembling the Page begins Monday and dedication day is Nov. 17.
Watson said a lot of supplies and materials for the sculpture have been accumulated "due to the outpouring of responses from students, parents and local businesses."
MJHS also held its first school-year social recently. Students were asked to donate $1 for the DJ along with paint brushes, rags, plastic bags or coffee cans for the Page project.
"Because the number of students attending the dance was the largest in recent years, donations were generous," Watson said.
MJHS still needs metal scraps "about the size of a person's hand or arm ... metal durable enough to withstand soldering, torching (cutting) and being bolted together," Watson said. Anyone interested in donating these items can deliver them to the school's warehouse on the northwest side of the building. Watson asks patrons to call the school at 982-8602 before delivering items so a custodian can help unload them.
Dedication day for the Page is Nov. 17 and the cafeteria staff will serve a medieval dinner. A ceremony beginning with the sounds of Renaissance trumpets will "beckon the students to the auditorium for the pomp and circumstance of formally presenting the finished Page sculpture to the school."
"From that moment on," Watson said, "we are hoping the school mascot will become a Page in history with the integrity he has been long needing."
Watson said she and those involved are very excited about the project. Updates will be posted on the school Web site at www.mcs.k12.in.us/mjh Everyone is invited to stop by the school and help out or just observe between Monday and Nov. 17.
"Being artistic is not a prerequisite to be involved," Watson said. [[In-content Ad]]