U. B. Kinsey/Palmview Elementary School of the Arts Wins Lighthouse ArtCenter Awards
The Lighthouse ArtCenter Art Gallery located in Tequesta is featuring their 42nd Annual Kindergarten to 12th grade Community Student Exhibition from May 2 through May 23, 2012. Art teachers from local schools submit the best student art work from the past school year to exhibit in this beautiful exhibition. An arts awards reception was recently held for students K through 5th grades.
Congratulations to the following U. B. Kinsey/Palmview students for their hard work and incredible artistic talents: Eduardo Culmer won 1st place for Kindergarten, Nia’Symone Francisco won 2nd place for 5th grade and the school Group Project won Best of Show.
U. B. Kinsey/Palmview is one of the oldest elementary school campuses in Palm Beach County, opening in 1929. The school is a Title I school. According to Principal Adrienne Howard, “We offer visual art studio classes, a full music program including award winning strings and chorus, keyboard, band, a TV production/communications program featuring broadcasting of the morning news, dance; both modern and ballet, and many other arts areas for our students. We help them to prepare for the auditions to Bak Middle School of the Arts so they may have the best chances for furthering their creative studies.”
For more information please contact Sharon Campbell, Magnet Coordinator at 561-671-6517 or sharon.campbell.1@palmbeachschools.org.
