Pickett's Mill Artroom

Join PTA!

If you haven't already joined PTA, please consider doing it. Our PTA does so much to help the students and teachers at our school. If you are able to donate your time, they are always in need of volunteers for Spring Fling, yearbook and other activities.

What is going on in the art room?

We are learning about lines and shapes that we see in artwork and the environment.

Vocabulary: straight, curvy, zigzag, geometric shape, organic shape

Fun at home: Use items such as yarn or craft sticks to make the outline of geometric shapes such as squares, circles, triangles, etc. Glue onto a piece of paper.

Surrender the Booty!

The fundraising materials are coming home Tuesday, September 13th!
Please be on the look out!


After conducting an informal survey of Pickett’s Mill Parents, the Pickett’s Mill Elementary School PTA has adopted a new DIRECT DONATION program for fundraising this year. We heard over and over that parents would prefer to make a monetary donation instead of a traditional fundraising program where everyone has to be a salesperson. If our budget needs are met, we will not ask you or your child to sell anything all year; instead the PTA is asking for direct donations from family and friends to help us meet our fundraising goals. What does a “Direct Donation” Fundraiser mean to you?

It means:

100% of the money raised goes directly towards PTA programs (It is typical for product based fundraisers and boosterthons, that only 50% of the dollars raised return to the PTA)
Donations are 100% tax deductible
Our children are not required to be salespeople
Anyone can make a donation to Pickett’s Mill PTA (parents, grandparents, friends, businesses, etc)
You decide what amount you’re able to give! Our goal is to raise $25.00 per student or $10,500 for the school!

On Friday, September 23rd, at the end of the school day!
One lucky student will go home with their very own 16 GB Blackberry PlayBook Tablet and accessories! Yo-Ho-Ho!
All donations are due no later than September 23, 2011 to be eligible for the Grand Prize drawing.

Thank you Acworth Gallery

A big thank you to  Lovona Brantley of Acworth Gallery for generously donating lots of frames to our school! Now I need to think of something special we can do with them. Ms.Brantley teaches after school art classes on Wednesdays at Pickett's Mill for those who would like to learn more about technique and design principles. She also has classes and private painting parties at her gallery in downtown Acworth.

Artist of the Month for September

Pierre Auguste Renoir is our artist for September. His paintings helped define the Impressionist style. We will be comparing and contrasting his work with other Impressionists.