Elmira principal honored for her dedication to arts.Byline: The Register-Guard Elmira Elementary School elementary school: see school. principal Mary Jo Simone won the 2003 Alvord Award, given annually to a Lane County resident for exemplary service and dedication to the arts. The award was one of three given Wednesday at the Lane Arts Council's ArtsParty. Simone, who started her career as a teacher, has been a principal in the Fern Ridge School District since 1992. She has been involved in YouthArts projects that link teens with elementary students and connect in-school and after-school activities. Elmira Elementary students were involved from February to June 2002 in a clay tile tile, one of the ceramic products used in building, to which group brick and terra-cotta also belong. The term designates the finished baked clay—the material of a wide variety of units used in architecture and engineering, such as wall slabs or blocks, floor mural mural Painting applied to and made integral with the surface of a wall or ceiling. Its roots can be found in the universal desire that led prehistoric peoples to create cave paintings—the desire to decorate their surroundings and express their ideas and beliefs. project, and the school has hosted residencies with artists. Others receiving awards: Cafe Paradiso on the 2003 Business Arts Service Award, for providing an affordable, all-ages listening venue. Adelante Si Hispanic Organization of Lane County won the 2003 Community Arts Award. Now in its 12th year, Adelante Si produces Fiesta Latina, a three-day, alcohol-free celebration of Latin American arts Latin American arts Visual, performing, and literary arts that developed in Mesoamerica, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean after contact with the Spanish and Portuguese beginning in 1492 and 1500, respectively. , culture and food, held during the Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo (Spanish; “Fifth of May”) Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican victory over the French at Puebla in 1862. The French army, better-equipped and far larger than the Mexican army, had been sent by Napoleon III to conquer Mexico. weekend. |
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