A look inside the creative, talented and artistic students at Rensselaer Central High School, Kankakee Valley High School, Covenant Christian High School, Hebron High School and Saint Joseph’s College
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More options for RCHS art students next year By Caitlin Sievers csievers@rensselaerrepublican.com
Art students at Rensselaer Central High School next year will have a wider variety of classes to choose from than past students. Next year’s upper level classes will include jewelry, ceramics, painting, drawing, advanced 2D and advanced 3D classes, according to art instructor, Kelley Spurgeon All students must first take a year of introduction to art classes wherein they learn the basics as well as art history, and from there, students can move on to any of the more advanced classes. This year, students only had two advanced class options, advanced 2D and 3D design and studio painting and drawing. ‘I think it was time for a change,” Spurgeon said. “I’ve been teaching those classes for a very long time, 20 plus years and I think it also gives kids a chance to specialize in a material.” Spurgeon believes that being involved in art helps students be independent. “It’s a great problem solving class,” she said. In many classes, there is only one right answer. “In here, there are so many different answers,” she said. She believes it also helps students understand that mistakes are a part of life. “In here, if you paint something the wrong color, you’ve got to have a different option,” Spurgeon said. She also knows that it helps students academically, because art students can look at things differently, in a creative way. “Art is also a good way to have higher level thinking skills,” Spurgeon said. “Creating is one of the highest level thinking skills there is and it helps kids understand how you analyze and synthesize and evaluate your work. It uses both left and right sides of your brain. A lot of classes stick to one side.” She also believes it teaches patience and perseverance.
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Top: RCHS senior, Sarah Brough, paints her Alebrije squid during art class at the high school. Alebrije is a Mexican folk art, typically made out of carved wood. The students used paper mache in place of wood. Above: RCHS junior, Heaven Bookwalter, paints in her art journal wherein students experiment with different materials and also write, a form of art therapy. Right: RCHS senior, Leanna Bokodi, does Sgraffito gelli plate printing during art class at RCHS.
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Talents flourish in RCHS theater The Rensselaer Central High School theater program puts on several productions a year, including plays and a spring musical. Here, the fairy godmother, played by Sydney Bement, gives some advice to Cinderella, played by Sarah Powers, in the school’s spring musical.
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RCHS choir students learn more than voice skills
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All of the Rensselaer Central choirs perform together in last year’s fall concert. By Caitlin Sievers csievers@rensselaerepublican.com
Members of the Rensselaer Central High School Choirs have a busy year full of concerts and competitions. High school choirs include a mixed choir made of mostly freshmen, a girls treble choir, and a mixed regular show choir. Through the year, the choir hosts three concerts, one in October, a combination concert with the band at Christmas and then another spring concert. The choir also participates in Indiana State School
Music Association events throughout the year, where the choirs are judged on their performances and given a gold, silver or bronze rating. Jason Lafever, student teacher for the choir department, said that being a member of a choir helps students build teamwork skills. “Without a sense of unity and teamwork, there’s no way a choir can flourish and grow,” Lafever said. Being a choir member also takes hard work and dedication. “There’s a huge tie-in of emotional factors going on, of musical factors going on and social factors going on,”
Lafever said. He believes that being involved in choir is different than any other class in high school, besides band. “There’s so much going on in the mind, where you’re multitasking and you’re counting and you’re listening to your peers, and you’re watching up front with the director and you’re listening to the accompaniment,” he said. Choir director, Stephanie Davisson, believes one of the biggest benefits of being in choir is gaining performance effort skills that help students in different parts of life, including in job interviews.
RCHS band continues to improve each year By Caitlin Sievers
Music Association events throughout the year. These are the events where csievers@rensselaerepublican.com the band is judged on its performances The Rensselaer Central High School and gets gold, silver or bronze rating. Band has seen a lot of success this year, “Absolutely I think there’s a huge academic benefit to participating in including getting a gold rating in a jazz band competition for the first time band,” said band Director, Kelso Daning. in more than 15 years. There are 34 students in high school Daning said there are many studies that prove that playing an instrument concert band, 21 in the jazz band including high school and seventh and positively affects the brain. “I love band, personally for the eighth graders, and 42 in marching camaraderie and friendship and cerband. tain character traits you might not get In addition to its fall concert, winother places,” he said. ter and spring concerts, the band also These include learning leadership participates in Indiana State School skills, dedication and teamwork.
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Above: Members of the Rensselaer Central High School band pose after getting a gold rating with distinction at the ISSMA concert contest on April 16 at Kankakee Valley High School.
Above right: Colorguard member Dawn Heilman carries a PVC pandora’s box, while Dante Diener (left) and Bryce Crews (right) play tuba and Martin Murillo plays the bass drum in the background during the Bomber Brigade’s performance at halftime during the home football game on Sept. 25, 2015.
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Students create art at KVHS By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
Art students at Kankakee Valley High School recently participated in the Regional Art Show held at St. Joseph’s College and sponsored by the Prairie Arts Council. Ten KV artists’ works garnered an award of excellence and 18 received honorable mention awards. Art from 58 students was entered into the show, which consists of high school art from KV, Rensselaer, Tri-County, W. Central and North and South Newton. There is also some of the artists’ work on exhibit at the Littlest Art Gallery in Rensselaer. The proprietor asked if she could display some of the art work, and it is on display through the month of April. The art programs at KV, taught by either Tony Cochran or Lindsey Preston, offers photography, ceramics, fiber arts, painting, drawing, sculpture or 3D art and computer graphics. Through a grant from the Jasper Foundation, the art department was able to purchase a mat cutter, allowing it better presentation of the students’ art. The department is planning on offering mat cutting services to the community to raise money to bring guest artists in and to take art students on field trips. Student artwork is rotated around the walls of KV High School and displays at the corporation officer as well. The art department also offers extracurricular
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Regional High School Art Show Award Winners from KVHS were back row left to right: Adam Buckmaster, Sylvia Pritt, Emma Abbring, Jack Anderson, Jenna VanSoest, Breanne Lessner and Kayla Groen. Middle Row: Christina Birky, Ashlea Mickle, Nicole Meyer, Rachel Hunter, Haley Ayres and Jessica Tobias. Seated: Justine Swisher, Hayley Collins, Maris Dodge, Christian Baez, Marlisa Padilla, Zoey Riffett and Katie Saxon. programs, an art club and a crochet club. The crochet club makes blankets for children in need. This year, the club will have 20 blankets to send to Riley Children’s Hospital in Indianapolis. Students usually start out in an introduction class, then if interested move on to more specific courses. Cochran teaches all grades in his drawing
courses. Depending on the number of students enrolled, some classes are only offered every other year. On May 19, the high school hosts its annual Fine Arts Show. Artwork of all forms will be on display throughout the school along with band and choir concerts.
KVHS, community have active theater programs By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
Jill Steiner is the drama teacher at Kankakee Valley High School, and has been involved in the theater since 2000, and a teacher for 26 years. Students who take drama classes learn all aspects of the theater, including directing, lighting, set, costumes and, of course, acting. In March, the KV Theatre Kompany performed a production of “Guys and Dolls, Jr.” The musical is a big production every spring. In the fall, the group performs a musical, and a short musical in the spring. It performs three shows during the school year. Steiner also leads an improvisation group that students have to audition for. They are preparing a show, which they’ll perform on May 13 and 14. Steiner said 35 students tried out for the improv group. They have been meeting two nights a week, practicing their techniques for five weeks, culminating in their performance in May. The full length musical students will perform in the fall will be Disney’s “Tarzan.” For the spring production, Steiner said a committee of students chooses what play they want to perform. During the production, Steiner takes a managerial role, allowing the students to do all the work while she oversees their actions. Asked if it is hard to see
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In March, the KV Theatre Kompany performed a production of “Guys and Dolls, Jr.” for its spring musical. talented seniors leave the school, Steiner said it is hard, but she has found that the freshman look up to the seniors. “The younger ones soak it all in, so it’s self-perpetuat-
ing,” she said. She said the theater program is very student driven, even the improvisation group. The students choose a captain to lead their improv
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team. Steiner gives the captains ideas and orders, and the captains execute what she asks of them in their teams. In 2014, Steiner and her assistant Amy Stepanik started a community theater
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KVHS students make music in band, orchestra Photos by cheri chelhart
Right: The Kankakee Valley High School string orchestra practices in preparation for ISSMA contest, which took place April 16.
Above: Students tune up their bassoons in preparation for practice in the KVHS concert band class. Right: Percussion players play the xylophones during a segment as the concert band practices under the direction of Nick Boersma.
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Hebron band makes music all year long By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
The Hebron High School offers concert, pep band, marching band and jazz band. The concert band functions as the pep band for basketball season since the school does not participate in football. There are currently 54 students in band, and there is a lot of cross over, said band director Rick Cheek. There are athletes involved in band and cheerleaders as well, so he and the coaches have to be flexible. Cheek, who has been band director at Hebron for 14 years, said the concert band has consistently received gold and silver ratings from ISSMA contests. They recently competed at KV High School, where they met with groups from Porter, LaPorte and Jasper County. Cheek said the band will be performing in concert on May 10, at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium, and the middle school band will perform at 7 p.m. in the auditorium during the Festival of the Arts on May 12. The band marches in parades only. They march in the Hebron Fourth of July festival every summer, and the Popcorn Festival in Valparaiso. They have taken trips to Chicago to march in the St. Patrick’s Day parade there, and they have performed at the Magic Kingdom at Disney in Florida. They perform a winter concert with all of the bands. The Jazz band is extracurricular and they don’t compete. They do perform in the spring con-
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The Hebron High School Marching Hawks march in last year’s Hebron 4th of July Parade. cert and at the Valparaiso Jazz Festival, with a mixture of students from the high school and middle school participating. They meet two days a week after school to practice. The pep band plays for half of the boys games and half of the girls games. When other schools’ bands were playing only for the boys basketball
games, Hebron was playing for both Cheek said and he continues that tradition. When the entire high school and middle school bands come together, there are over 100 students. Cheek said he’ll have to figure out how to get all of those students on the high school stage, but it is a good problem to have.
Hebron Choirs perform in Festival of the Arts By Cheri Shelhart editor@kvpost.net
Hebron choir director is Laura Gorski. She teaches general music to kindergarten and first graders at Hebron Elementary and directs the high school and middle school choirs. The Hebron High School chorus is a small group of 14 girls. There are 55 girls in sixth to eighth grade in the middle school choir. Gorski hopes to bring those numbers up as she works with the younger students and encourages them to continue into high school. This is only her second year of teaching, having started at the school right out of college. She said the high school chorus is too small to compete at the ISSMA contests but the girls do compete in ensemble and solo contests. The first time they competed under her direction, they qualified for
state competition and received a silver rating inIndianapolis. The choir does three concerts during the school year, a fall concert in October, a winter concert before the break in December and a spring concert, which they will perform on May 5. They will also perform one song at the high school graduation. Gorski also helps with the high school musicals. They just completed a performance of “Grease” and she saw many talented singers she’d like to get into her choir including males. Next fall she will help with vocals for the “Wizard of Oz.” Her main goal is to create an extra choir for those who can’t get into the class due to scheduling conflicts. She wasn’t able to accomplish this goal this year, but hopes to get it going in the next school year. She hopes to attract some of these talented boys to come sing in the choir too.
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Talent shines in SJC choir program Photos by Nick Fiala
Right: Friends, relatives, and Jasper County locals listened to the Chamber and Concert Choirs of St. Joseph’s College perform numerous Oratorio pieces, including “The Crucifixion,” by Sir. John Stainer in the campus chapel on April 17. Special guest singers during the concert included Billie Burley (Tenor) and Brayton Arvin (Baritone).
Below: Dr. Harmony Murphy directs Chamber Choir students from St. Joseph College during the April 17 concert in the campus chapel.
Right: The Chamber Choir members of St. Joseph’s College sang out moving and humorous stories from biblical and historical sources in the opera-like Oratorio style during the April 17 concert.
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Right: Jasper Country citizens admire art by the students and faculty of St. Joseph’s College in the “ODDyssey” show at the Carnegie Center earlier this spring.
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Thiel: enrolling in band is the smart choice
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Members of the Saint Joseph’s College marching band perform a show last fall. Submitted Robb Thiel has been the Director of College Bands at Saint Joseph’s College for 23 years. The current membership is around 100 for marching band, 25 in Wind Ensemble and 75 in Symphonic Band. The college also has two pep bands for basketball season, one for women’s games and one for the men. What the band does not only benefits the students who are involved, but the campus community in general, Thiel said. The band provides entertainment and support for the student athletes at all home football and basketball games, as well as several band concerts during
the school year. Thiel knows that students get a lot out of being a part of the band. Students are reading a foreign language when they look at the music. They have to determine the name of the note, how to play the note, how long to hold the note, how loud to play the note, what style is involved, and how their part fits with the rest of the band. All of this has to be done, and done correctly, in a split second. Band may be the only subject in school that demands that all students be perfect. Now, that seldom happens, Thiel said, but that has to be the goal. A band that plays at a 93 percent level will sound very bad. In almost all classes, a 93 per-
cent will get students an “A.” Even at one mistake per student, the listener will notice the lack of quality in the ensemble. Therefore, band is not an easy “A,” Thiel said. Thiel believes that it is true that smart students join band, but also that band makes the students smarter as well. Each part of the left side of the brain has an area that is assigned to math, reading, etc. The entire right side of the brain is dedicated to creativity (music). Recent PET scans have shown that when a student plays music the entire brain lights up, using both the analytical side (left side) and the creative side (right side). If schools intend to educate the whole child, then music
has got to be a part of the curriculum, Thiel said. Band kids are better at solving problems, which is why many employers seek out those who have been involved in their high school and college music programs. This is also the reason why high schools should refrain from scheduling advanced classes (Calculus, Foreign Language 4, etc.) at the same time as band, thus preventing the most talented and advanced students from participating in band, in Thiel’s opinion. Middle schools should refrain from taking students out of elective classes, like band, for remediation to improve things like ISTEP, he said.
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