BRAVO FOR VALENCIA TEACHER WHO IS ART SMART AWARD GIVEN TO FOURTH-GRADE EDUCATOR LINDA CANDIB.Byline: RICK COCA Staff Writer Linda Candib, a fourth-grade teacher from Valencia, was named Tuesday as a Bravo Award
A teacher at Charles Helmers Elementary, Candib was recognized during a gala at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel The Biltmore Hotel is a hotel located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Built by John McEntee Bowman, it opened in 1923. At the time, it was the largest hotel west of Chicago and designed by architects Schultze and Weaver. It is now named the Millennium Biltmore. marking the 25th anniversary of the arts education awards. "(Art) is so much a part of life that it shouldn't be left out," Candib said before the ceremony. Candib has taught at Helmers for nine years, and in her class, every subject has the potential for an art component, including math. "You can do an art activity, like when I do geometry," said Candib, who has a minor in art history and a master's in dramatic art. "They can do a picture by making geometric shapes This is a list of geometric shapes. Generally composed of straight line segments
She'll take the works of artists such as Russia's Wassily Kandinsky Noun 1. Wassily Kandinsky - Russian painter who was a pioneer of abstract art (1866-1944) Kandinski, Kandinsky, Wassily Kandinski and Holland's Piet Mondrian, painters whose work fits well in a geometry lesson. "Kandinsky uses lot of shapes" Candib said. "Mondrian uses a lot of grid work, so it's great when you're doing coordinate geometry." Candib said using art as a learning tool allows the children to comprehend and retain information in a way that has meaning to them personally. "It engages them in a way that talking and reading and taking notes doesn't," she said. "They're involved. It's very hands on, so it's kinesthetic kin·es·the·sia n. The sense that detects bodily position, weight, or movement of the muscles, tendons, and joints. [Greek k ." At Tuesday's ceremony, hosted by producer-director Garry Marshall, Candib won in the general education category. Brent Beerman of Crescenta Valley High School Crescenta Valley High School is an secondary school located at 2900 Community Avenue in La Crescenta-Montrose, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The school is a part of the Glendale Unified School District. in La Crescenta, Julianne De Sal of Viewpoint School in Calabasas and Marjorie Gaines of Newcastle Elementary School Newcastle Elementary School is the only school located in the affluent city of Newcastle, Washington and serves grades kindergarten through 5th. Newcastle Elementary is part of the Issaquah School District and is a feeder school for Maywood Middle School and Liberty Senior High in Reseda were finalists in the arts specialists category. Thomas Jefferson Elementary School Jefferson Elementary School can refer to the following schools:
In winning, Candib will receive $4,000 to be used for arts education in the classroom and an additional $1,000 for art field trips. rick.coca@dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Linda Candib, a fourth-grade teacher at Charles Helmers Elementary in Valencia, was named a 2007 Bravo Award winner Tuesday for inspiring her students by creatively weaving the arts into general education lessons. David Crane/Staff Photographer |
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