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Roosevelt GATE students learn ne art of pottery
Thursday, February 28, 2019 | A7 District Doings
• Palm United Methodist Church in Dinuba will be hosting an informal Ash Wednesday Observance on March 6 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. entitled "Faith Conversion, Prayer and Ashes."
The observance will be held at Palm UMC, located at 438 West Tulare Street in Dinuba. Pastor Michelle Magee will be sharing thoughts about Ash Wednesday and will be having informal sharing about the spiritual journey and prayer. Ashes will also be given.
All are welcome to attend.
• The Relay For Life 5K Run/Walk Fundraiser will be held on Saturday, March 30 at Ridge Creek Golf Course, beginning at 8:00 a.m. (Earlyregistrationat7:30am-minimumdonationof$25.00). Contact Luisa Sanchez at 859-6803 for more information.
• The 15th Annual Relay For Life of Dinuba will be held on Saturday, April13atDinubaHighSchool.Itwillbeheldfrom9:00 a.m.to11:00p.m. JoinusforatimeofCelebration,remembrance and to Fight Back as a community! For more information, contact LuisaSanchezat859-6803or KarenFieror591-4812.
“I get to see the Mexican culture from the firsthand,” she explained. “And I love it because my mom cooks amazing Mexican food. The food I try from my mom is even better than the restaurants.
“I love the family I stay with because they are very open-hearted, they’re very kind. And I didn’t expect being in such a wonderful family.”
When asked what they will miss the most when they return home, without hesitation all of them responded, “Our family, the people.”
“We always talk about it, Tetyana and I,” said Adama.
“Yeah, we always talk about how hard it will be for us to leave from here because we’re so used to it, seeing the same people every day,” added Tetyana.
Asked whether they would advise others to do the same when they get back, Adama answered, “definitely!”
She added, “It’s ten months, but it’s not like ten months in a life, it’s a whole life in ten months.”
More foreign exchange students will be coming next year, looking for the same experiences as these five. Adding to that experience, and perhaps making up the greater part of it, will be the host family.
According to Pattillo, this is the time she begins looking for host families for the coming year. Any families interested in participating in the program may contact her at 356-9470 or by email at mpattillo13@yahoo.com.
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module is Mrs. Botkin.
“Modeling clay can be really
interesting depending on the sculpture that the students create," said Mrs. Botkin. "It can also depend on the colors the students choose to paint their project.”
Pottery at Roosevelt is a worthwhile artistic experience for students. The ending goal for the students is to have their finished sculptures displayed in the spring Roosevelt Art Exhibit in the month of May.
Roosevelt fourth grader, Jessica Fernandez, works with modeling clay to begin her next pottery project. Her completed leaf imprint can be seen in the picture.
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the program. In fact, many of the students have been studying the English language since primary school, some as early as first grade. Even though many of them were immersed in the language from an early age, most were taught words in a British accent, leaving
them still needing to adapt to the American culture.
“For my case,” said Adama, “TV helped me a lot. I would watch movies and channels that speak English and that’s how I would learn
the accent.”
Said Pattillo of the language difference, “We tell the students not
to correct their English teachers when they go back home.”
The students came into the states, and subsequently the Valley, in August. And for many of them it was very different from what
they were used to.
“It was really hot!” said Tetyana. “I remember when I came to the
airport I was like I can’t breathe, there’s something wrong with me.” For Jeren, though the climate was different for her, the biggest
difference she noticed was the people.
“The way they even walked, the way they dressed up, it’s very
different,” Jeren explained. “The way they smiled... Here when you meet a stranger they generally smile and say ‘Hi’. In our country we don’t usually do that to strangers.”
For Keta, she remembers coming during a bad fire season in California.
“I remember my host family telling me that there are mountains but you just can’t see them,” she recalled. “For the first two months I thought he was just kidding. And I was so glad to finally see them. They are so beautiful.”
As for Dinuba, before seeing the town, Jay envisioned a big city. He quickly realized that was not the case.
“But when I got to school, I thought, wow, this is a very big school,” he said.
Adama echoed the thoughts of high expectations.
“When you tell people that you’re going to go to California they’ll be like, Wow, what a big dream,” said Adama. “But when I came to Dinuba it was not the case, but I still like it because you get to know everybody. And when you go to school you won’t be late because there’s no traffic.”
As for Jeren, though her sister advised her of the heavy Mexican influence in Dinuba, she didn’t expect to experience the culture to this degree.
“But I was really amazed,” said Jeren. “I never knew what Mexican food was like, or how Mexican people are like. I only knew about soccer, because they’re good at soccer. But now I get to see two cultures at the same time.”
Four of the five exchange students live with Mexican families, and admittedly enjoy having home cooked Mexican food.
When it comes to their host families, all the students refer to the other children in the household as their brothers and sisters. And they all call they’re host family ‘my family’.
“I think ‘my family’ is very similar to me,” said Tetyana. “Sometimes I feel that they understand me better than my family back home. Though there are differences, like cultural differences, but in general we’re really alike. They’re similar to me.”
For Jeren, she really enjoys her stay with the Herevia family.
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of the pattern. My favorite part is making the clay into a certain shape. After 24 hours, the sculpture is ready.”
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A new and exciting module at Roosevelt Elementary is a fine arts module, pottery! Students enjoy this class because of its creativity.
Before the students begin molding the clay, they learn different techniques prior to their specific assignment. Students build a sculpture using air dry clay. After it hardens, they paint it, and then their sculpture is ready for display. One student who attends this module is Hannah Ocampo.
Hannah states, “There are many different steps to complete a pottery sculpture. First, we gather inspiration from different items that we see outside or inside. Then, we place the clay onto the item and spread the clay on the item. This is an imprint
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