NAEA on Etsy

For the past few years we have worked on creating a collection of handmade goodies! Today they were listed on Etsy via the shop of the Co-President, Allison. Please look around!

Art Education Fundraiser

Bake Sale on MONDAY

Bake Sale Monday Feb. 13th 11:30-4

On the sidewalk between PSU and Siceluff

All baked goods are $.50

Etc. Center

Story from the Co-President,Allison:

This week during student teaching I was introduced to the best kept secret in Springfield, MO. THE ETC. CENTER! If you're an art teacher or just a teacher, or a student teacher (even practicum student) I want you to visit this place if you haven't already! Behind Bailey Alternative High School there are a set of doors that read Welcome to the Etc. Center. After calling the school secretary and getting the okay, you'll gain access to what's behind those doors. You sign in and grab a bag and let yourself go. This is an art teacher's dream come true and I have no idea why MSU Art Ed students were not told about it.

 

This shop is run by students at Bailey. Each barrel and shelf is filled (and extremely organized) with recycled goods that are PERFECT for classroom art projects. While I was there with my cooperating teacher we grabbed THIRTY plastic sandwich containers for a paper mache bowl project. 

Some other goodies I saw:
Glass bottles

Pill bottles
Hallmark Cards
Plastic Bags
Plastic Bottle Caps
Paper Bags

Styrofoam
Large Coffee Cans (metal and plastic)
Drink Umbrellas
Three Ring Binders
School Books
Folders
Milk Jugs

and the list goes on and on. The best part is that there are enough of each item to fill a material list for almost any art project! Check it out for yourself!!! Call Bailey High School and explain yourself and ask when it would be convenient for them to let you in. They are open Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-4pm, all other hours must be requested over the phone.

501 West Central Street  Springfield, MO 65802-3930

(417) 523-2700

Mark Your Calendars!

Here is what we came up with at our meeting yesterday...

February 13th: Valentine's Bake Sale

March 1st-4th: National Conference in NYC! 

March 16th: St. Patrick's Bake Sale

March 22nd-25 MAEA Spring Conference in St. Charles

April 21st: Opportunity to be a judge for a high school art show (email Judith Fowler)

April 27th: Simply Yo FROZEN YOGURT night!!!

If you are New York bound PLEASE help with as many events as possible. We are looking for baked good donations for both bake sales. We are in the process of creating a new T shirt design. In the meantime we want to sell our current shirts. Anyone have ideas of where to sell them? We loved selling them at the Spring dance recital at MSU! Email Allison (Ehlers510@missouristate.edu) to sign up for the bake sales. We need volunteers to work one hour shifts starting at 11:30am and ending at 4pm. Also, mark your calendars for another bake night on Sunday February 12th. We will be making flowers to sell as well as cookies to decorate!

Looking for lesson plans or ideas? Go to DeepSpaceSparkle.com you'll LOVE it.

NYC REMINDER

Register through Feb. 6, 2012 and
receive the earlybird discount!

NaeA members that register BEFORE Feb. 7, 2012 will be reibursed the $75 registration fee! What are you waiting for!?!?!?! Email Becca Pirwitz your registration confirmation/receipt. Also if you are not a member of NaeA you will need to become one for $25 in order to register for the conference. This membership is good for one school year and includes insurance (nice!).

Become an NaeA member here:

http://www.arteducators.org/community/welcome

Join NAEA in 2012

Welcome back to school! Congrats to our members that started student teaching this semester! We are excited to start the countdown to New York! Conference is in less than two months!

If you missed out on the opportunity to sign up for New York and help raise funds you CANNOT miss the 2013 NaeA National Convention in Texas!

 (March 7–10, 2013-Fort Worth, TX)  

How, you ask?

1. Become a member! ($5 fee per semester)
2. Attend member meetings twice a month
3.  Participate in fundraisers              
4. Give back to the community
5. Be an officer!!!!            
6. Have an awesome resume because of MSU NAEA! 

At our next meeting SUNDAY JANUARY 29 5pm in BRICK CITY, we will discuss New York for the last time until our NaeA NYC meeting at the end of March. We will finalize fundraiser ideas for this semester, talk about officer positions for fall '12, AND eat cookies.  

The Season of Giving!

Ladies, in the name of art (FASHION) donate your used prom dresses this Saturday to support the HUG fund. You know you'll never wear them again. Read the article below for exact dates and times.

Donate prom dresses to benefit HUG fund

Kickapoo High School is soliciting prom dress donations for a spring sale to benefit its Helping Us Graduate fund. The HUG fund was initiated to assist independent students pay for important senior year activities such as prom, senior portraits or graduation.

The first day to donate prom dresses is Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave, or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at The Library Station, 2535 N. Kansas Expressway. Donations will be accepted at the same times and locations on Jan. 14 and Feb. 25.


The prom dress sale will be Friday, March 30, and Saturday, March 31.  

Living on their own without parental support, many KHS independent students struggle to pay for necessities and lack the resources to pay for the extras that make senior year special, explained KHS school nurse Tammy Holley, who helped create the fund along with a former KHS student council member.
“These are things independent students miss out on since they are paying for their own living expenses,” Holley said. “This fundraiser will help us bolster the HUG fund so that we can also help independent students meet some of their daily needs like transportation and necessities.”

For more information, contact Holley at (417) 523-8530 or tholley@spsmail.org.