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What:   Fresno High students will display creative projects in community

When:  Thursday, April 7, 2022
              4-6 p.m.

Where: Gazebo Gardens
              3204 N. Van Ness Blvd. Fresno CA 93704 

Fresno High School International Baccalaureate literature students will exhibit art and writing at Gazebo Gardens nursery that highlights stories of struggle and transformation, including how the pandemic affected student’s lives. “Carrying Stories, The Power of the Butterfly Metaphor” is an interdisciplinary project led by English literature and Spanish literature teachers Marina Santos, Emily Walker-Keller and Christiham Garcia-Torres, and teacher on special assignment Marc Patterson. The exhibit will include Spanish and English stories and collage artwork with one-shot enamel paint on 2-by-2-feet wood panels.  

“Our teachers and students are doing amazing work making connections between literature, art and their own experiences, which is how we learn best. One of our goals as a district is to increase student-centered and real-world learning experiences, and this project is doing that,” said Superintendent Bob Nelson.

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