BRAVO!! High School Musical Jr. Packs A Punch!

To say this week at Dobson has been jam-packed would be an understatement.  The annual Art Show set up and Show/Sale and the final rehearsals and performances of High School Musical Jr. concluded on Wednesday, May 23rd.

Almost 300 proud family members, friends and faculty passed through the doors of Dobson to view the wonderful art and fantastic performance.  Congratulations to Ms. Purcell and the Dobson students on a great art show.

High School Musical Jr. brought down the house as it "Broke Free" on the Dobson Stage.  58 cast and crew members came together to put on a powerhouse of a performance.  Rehearsing hard since January, "We're All In This Together" was truly the theme of this production process.  Ms. Tierney and Ms. Plumley can't begin to describe how proud they are of the student's dedication and hard work.  Congratulations to our 8th grade cast and crew members.  To Imani, Keyara, Becca, A'Jahnae, Grayson, Josh, David and Trevor, we wish you all the best in High School.  The Dobson Stage will definitely miss your abundant talents, humor and smiles.  Please take a minute to look at some pictures from their performance!

A big thank you to the Home and School for helping to coordinate our concessions and t-shirts again this year.  We really appreciate all that you do.  Thank you to the faculty for allowing us to borrow the students this week! We couldn't have pulled this off without you. 

 8th Grade Cast Members

 

Gabriella and Troy

Sharpay and Ryan

Kelsi

Cheerleaders

Thespians

Martha and Jackie Scott

Brains

Coach Bolton and Ms. Darbus

Wildcats Basketball Team

Taylor McKessie

Skaters

Louie on Sound

Chris on Lights

Nick our Stage Manger

James Dobson Students Represent at Regional Computer Fair

On Friday, March 30th, Becca Gallagher and David Andreozzi represented James Dobson School at the 2012 Pennsylvania Regional Middle School Computer Fair, at the Philadelphia School District Administration Building.  Becca and David spent weeks preparing the digital movie, "Life is Short," for viewing by the panel of judges.  The film was a compilation of Photoshop images and voice recordings done by all of the 8th grade students at Dobson.  Inspired by the digital short film, "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On," Dobson students were challenged in Graphic Arts class to look at school through the eyes of someone who is miniature.  The film, created in iMovie, tells the tale of the "smallest class at Dobson" and took home an Honorable Mention nod.  We couldn't be prouder of Becca and David, as well as the rest of the 8th grade students for their exemplary work.  Bravo!

David and Becca pose in front of their display at the 2012 PA Regional Computer Fair.

Click play to watch "Life is Short" by Becca and David.

6th Grade Pop Art

Our sixth grade students just finished a unit on Pop Art.  They studied the work of Andy Warhol and learned that Pop Art can be any every day item that is drawn in a brash and colorful way. Pop Art is short for Popular Art. It is inspired by comic strips, advertising, and popular entertainment.  The students chose an image of an every day object and used filters to distort its appearance.  They then utilized the magic wand and the bucket tools to select areas and recolor them.  Finally, the students pulled all of their images together into one fantastic piece.  Exceptional work 6th grade!

Alexis

Brendon

Brianna

Carl

Christopher

Dasean

Gabby

Gillian

Hayley

Jaime

Jessica

Jihad

Johnathon

Jordan

Kennedy

Kevin S.

Kevin L.

Mercedes

Michael

Selena

Seth

Seyeira

Sydney

Tiffany

Tionne

Tonice

Zarren

Kindergarten's Modigliani Self-Portraits

Our Kindergarten class just finished a lesson on the Italian artist, Amedeo Modigliani.  They learned how he made portraits and self-portraits, using African masks as his inspiration.  All of his portraits shared similar characteristics.  They all had oval faces, tilted heads, almond eyes, long noses, small mouths, and black outlining.  The students utilized the brush and paint bucket tools in Photoshop to create these masterpieces.  Well done Kindergarten!

               Avriel                                        Brandon

              Domenic                                    Emma

                 Ethan                                       Frankie

                Gabriel                                     Jayden

                  Jolon                                      Joseph A.

                Joseph K.                               Levinia

                Noah                                         Santino

              Sydney