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The 2024 Budget was approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting. You can review it HERE. Ordinance 1401, Fixing the 2024 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 19, 2023 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

The 2023 Budget was approved at the December 20, 2022 Council Meeting. You can review it HERE. Ordinance 1398, Fixing the 2023 Real Estate Tax, was also approved at the December 20, 2022 Council Meeting. Click HERE to review.

Art Teacher
J.T. Lambert Intermediate School

This year, we will be exploring concepts of art and design in so many different ways!  We will have days where we draw, days where we sculpt, and days where we paint.  Some days are set aside for sketchbook prompts- and you can draw almost anything on those days! Other days are set aside to learn about new and exciting artists that are shaping the landscape of art in today's world. We always do a totally unique project on those days, too! This is not your typical art class!  We even face off against each other in special art challenges!  I am a teacher who loves playing games, and so whenever possible, I turn learning into game play!

 Sketchbooks are a fundamental part of the artist's toolkit, where an artist can record ideas, work creatively, and can be free to make mistakes without any pressure to be 'perfect'.  Many artists use sketchbooks on a daily basis.  In fact, if you draw every day you will almost certainly improve.  We would like to see our students using sketchbooks in class every day to plan their projects, develop ideas, and respond to creative prompts- just to get them thinking 'outside the box' with more confidence!

As if all the fun stuff we have planned in our regular curriculum isn’t enough, from time to time a special event pops up, and we jump at the chance to try something new or participate in something being celebrated in our school community, or around the world!  Here are a few special events we’re already planning on joining:

Dot Day on Thursday, September 15- live streaming with Lehman Intermediate , teaming up with #PoconoKindnessRocks. Students will be creating 'Kindness Rocks' and will be able to add their rock to our rock garden, right outside of JTL Administrative offices (visible as you walk to the front doors).

(this is not my mistake- the picture won't paste vertical!)

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  Unity Day at JTL (standing up against bullying)

Posted outside of art room, or check with your teacher.   

Michelle Christopher (Miss Chris)  is one of two art teachers in our building, and teaches both sixth and seventh grade.  Before teaching at J.T. Lambert, Miss Christopher was the Photography and Digital Art teacher at the South High School, where she taught for 13 years.  She has also taught Fine Arts, Drawing, Advanced Drawing and Painting, Crafts, and Graphic Tech.  She began teaching in our district in 2001 at the North High School, where she was a long term sub and taught Animation, and then Algebra 1 and Geometry.  She certainly has a diverse teaching background!

Miss Christopher graduated from Kutztown University with a degree in Art Education, and a minor in Literature  She then attained her masters degree from Wilkes University in Classroom Technology.  She places a high priority on integrating technology when and where it is appropriate in the art classroom.