Fort Lupton Migrant Summer School 2012Mural Project – Two week project, mural is

displayed in the Board Room In the Weld RE-8 District Office.

PK – 12th grade students participatedA special Thanks to:

CBOCESScott Graham, Grant DirectorMarcus García, Artist in ResidenceTeachers: Connie García, Jesús Hierro and Gabby

DelgadoMigrant students and families

The MuralStudents painted a mural based on “Drago”

(1947) by Argentine painter Alejandro Xul Solar, 1887-1963.  Drago is a landscape in which the principal figure is a curving creature decorated with international the flags, contrasts and bright colors. It undulates gracefully across a sand-colored background with stars and moons of many colors bouncing around it like beach balls.

Summer school was fun. I liked painting the mural very much because I like to color and I like Art.

Giselle, 1st grade

I liked going to summer school. It was a lot of fun because we got to paint a mural and go on a field trip. I liked that my parents also came to classes.

Emmanuel, 4th grade

There were many things I liked from summer School. One thing I liked was that we had small classes; specially our math class, which is my favorite subject. Another thing I liked was that we got to paint a mural that has lots of flags from all over the world. I really liked that we got to learn how to match colors to make another. The final thing that I really liked was we went on a field trip to two colleges and the Museum of Nature and Science. That was a great experience because I would like to visit more universities!

Karen, 8th grade

I enjoyed summer school and especially painting the mural. It was very nice to be a part of this project. I liked the colorful flags and that we all created the mural. I also liked going to the museum and visiting the snake exhibit. Jovanny, 4th grade Going to summer school was a lot of fun. I got to spend time with other students and make new friends. Creating the mural was very special and fun! I liked the bright colors and how we all participated in this activity.

Mirka, 5th grade

My experience of painting the mural was cool. It was also fun and awesome. I think we should go to summer school again this summer. Please have a summer school this summer.

Jonathan, 6th grade

Me gustó el programa de verano porque las clases no estuvieron aburridas y la que más me gustó fue la de arte. Fue muy divertida porque pintamos una tabla grande y me gustó porque dibujamos primero en papel. Me gustaron mucho los colores con los que pintamos el mural; quedó muy bonito y con colores brillantes.

I liked summer school because the classes were not boring. The one that I liked the most was Art. It was a lot of fun because we painted a big board and I liked it because first we drew on paper. I liked very much the colors that we painted the mural with; it was nice, colorful and bright.

Ricardo, 8th grade

I liked going to summer school. The best part was working on the mural. I think that it was good because it taught me how to do teamwork. It was a way to do art and at the same time to have fun. It was better than staying at home. In conclusion, my summer school experience was great!

Lyzeth, 8th grade

Summer Migrant School was great. I had a great time in all my classes. The best class for me was Art; it was fun painting the mural! All the classes taught me new skills that were very helpful. Both field trips were fun, I enjoyed the 3-D movie at the Museum of Nature and Science and I also liked the food at the University of Northern Colorado. I had a fantastic time at summer school.

Arturo, 9th grade

My experience in summer school was very cool for the following reasons. To begin, I did not want to go at first, but my mom made me. Also, I had to go, so I stayed out of trouble. However, my first day was very good that I felt like it was not even in school. It felt like I was doing many activities that were fun and I was learning a lot. Next, we made a mural, which was very interesting because it has a lot of flags from all over the world. It also had a snake that made it seem like all the flags were connected to it. I painted the flag from the African country of Malawi; it was a very cool flag. I also learned a lot in summer school about Frida Kahlo. She was a very mysterious and outstanding person. She was an excellent artist and she drew many self portraits. In addition, she suffered a lot; she was hurt physically and mentally. Her emotions were very understandable. Her husband cheated on her so much… but back to our mural, in my opinion, it is the best one. Mr. García is an awesome artist, he is the best and his drawings are terrific. Finally, we all took a picture with the completed mural; our master piece. So as you can see, my Migrant Education Summer School experience was a great one!

José, 9th grade

My summer would have not been so great if I had not gone to the Migrant Summer School Program. I had the most fun that I have ever had in a classroom. Not just, I had fun; I also learned a lot of important skills that have been helping me this school year. I hope there will be another summer program this year.

Edgar, 10th grade

For More InformationNancy Wendirad, Migrant Education Graduation Advocate530 Reynolds StreetFort Lupton CO 80621(303) 857-7155nwendirad@ftlupton.k12.co.us