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Post by gatormom on Mar 8, 2008 9:59:15 GMT -5
I thought we could use a bit of good news.
Some of you know that several years ago I was involved in a long process to raise money to have a mural painted at Gombert. I believe that Gombert was the only elementary school at that time without a Timm Etters mural. It took quite a while but we raised the money. Timm Etters started last fall and is still working on it, I believe they call that artist time. For Gombert, this is an extremely exciting period. The mural is nearing completion. The mural is in the multipurpose room and he is there working on it during the lunch periods. This week, Time For Kids did an article on Timm Etters and the children are out of their minds having someone famous at school. He interacts with them, is signing autographs. I understand the lunch periods are getting a wee bit out of control, any comment on that T1P? Last night I spoke to Timm. He said this is his most detailed mural ever. It is amazing, probably even more so as Timm is red/green color blind. When the mural is done, I will post pictures. This mural is a point of pride for Gombert. The cost was very high for our community but we rallied and did it.
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Post by Arwen on Mar 8, 2008 10:10:05 GMT -5
That's great gatormom! Timm came to Brooks last year and did a mural lesson with grades 3-5 and is supposed to come back every few years to repeat with the next group of students. My kids are younger, but they still got to meet and talk to him and he was at Open House signing autographs. They were really excited about that, so I can just imagine the excitement of seeing the mural unfold before their eyes.
Congrats on the accomplishment for Gombert.
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Post by title1parent on Mar 8, 2008 10:24:18 GMT -5
. For Gombert, this is an extremely exciting period. The mural is nearing completion. The mural is in the multipurpose room and he is there working on it during the lunch periods. This week, Time For Kids did an article on Timm Etters and the children are out of their minds having someone famous at school. He interacts with them, is signing autographs. I understand the lunch periods are getting a wee bit out of control, any comment on that T1P? Timm Etters said, " It is like being in a boy band, the kids are wild." I would also like to mention Brendan, Timm's cousin who has done a lot of the background painting. I have seen him put in a lot of hours and needs to get credit for his work too. I told him I expect his signature on that mural also.
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Post by momto4 on Mar 8, 2008 11:22:15 GMT -5
Great news for Gombert!
Brooks has had good experience with Timm's brother Scott who is an author and worked with the fifth graders several years ago.
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Post by gatormom on May 1, 2008 14:13:56 GMT -5
It is done. Sorry about the pictures. But I wanted to share it. Also, thank you to all. We worked hard for this mural as a community but the D204 community supported us as well.
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Post by warriorpride on May 1, 2008 14:34:39 GMT -5
It is done. Sorry about the pictures. But I wanted to share it. Also, thank you to all. We worked hard for this mural as a community but the D204 community supported us as well. nice - congrats! I know it was a long time coming
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