McLees Elementary Related Arts

10/09/2026

Fall is in the air in Ms. Shaw’s art class.🎃🍁🍂

10/08/2026

Fourth graders are studying the art of Master Artist, Vincent Van Gogh. These are some of our sunflower practice drawings. 🌻🌻🌻

10/08/2026

Look at these amazing Drip Artists! Second grade art students have been inspired by Canadian artist, Sylvia Demers and are creating some unique drip pieces that will be used as the backgrounds for our crazy chicken drawings.

10/08/2026

Third Graders are studying the artist, Alma Thomas and are creating abstract moonlit pumpkin patches.

10/08/2026

First Grade is learning all about TEXTURE in art. We’re practicing drawing lines to create texture on a practice activity sheet and then we’re using painted papers and scraps to create our own “Wild Thing” collages. We read, Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak and looked closely at the illustrations to find different textures. Max and the Wild Things let the wild rumpus begin and they roared their terrible roars, gnashed their terrible teeth, rolled their terrible eyes, and showed their terrible claws. We’re creating our very own Wild Things and can’t wait to show them off.

10/08/2026

Fifth Grade Students are creating stained glasses art pieces after learning about the life and art of Georgia O’Keeffe. These are turning out amazing!

09/22/2026

September in Music!

09/15/2026

McLees Elementary showed out today for International Dot Day. We came in the building wearing smiles as we proudly displayed our dots. Some students forgot it was Dot Day but that didn’t stand in our way. Those students were quick to accept the challenge as we carefully examined outfits and were surprised to discover how many dots we could find on the clothes we wear everyday. I can’t wait to see all the pics and to hear all about the dot related activities that happened throughout the building. In art class we read the book, The Dot, and we were able to watch a video of Peter Reynolds and how he creates his amazing illustrations. We turned the lights out and made our own creations in the dark while making dots with flashlights throughout the room. We listened to relaxing music and put a beautiful fall scene on the board to set the mood for creativity. Many classes still needed to finish Art To Remember pieces and some classes got a jump start on learning about new artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Alma Thomas. We even reviewed what we already know about Henri Matisse and Wassily Kandinsky and we talked about the similarities and differences among their work. It’s been such a fun, art filled day and all the dots made the day extra special. Being courageous, creative, and collaborating is the McLees way. We make our mark on the world each and every day.

09/14/2026

Tomorrow is Dot Day! Don’t forget your dots 🔴⚫️🔵

Next Tuesday is International Dot Day! Our hope is that our students will always be brave enough to try new and hard things and that they will think outside of the box and share their ideas with others. Together is always better! Help us celebrate and let’s all wear our dots on Tuesday, September 15th.

09/08/2026

Next Tuesday is International Dot Day! Our hope is that our students will always be brave enough to try new and hard things and that they will think outside of the box and share their ideas with others. Together is always better! Help us celebrate and let’s all wear our dots on Tuesday, September 15th.