Southside’s STLP will be participating in the Governor’s Derby activities this year.

Each year the Governor’s Office strives to involve Kentucky students in Derby festivities.  In an effort to involve the arts through advanced technology, this year Governor and Mrs. Beshear are asking  students to design on-computer a jockey silk to be displayed and promoted on 2012 Derby websites

History of the Colors

During a horse race, a jockey wears a colorful jacket called a jockey silk or racing colors. Every racehorse owner has a unique pattern for their silks. The owner must register his colors with a company called Weatherbys. During a horse race, many attendees follow their selected horse around  the track by looking at the colors and silks worn by the jockey.

Students should think about the following:

• Colors (why specific colors are chosen)
• Pattern
• Fabric
• Design (the cut and shape, fastening)
• Crest (representative design associated with a fictitious horse farm, organization or corporation)
• Properties (weight, cool, warm, waterproof)

The jockey silk may include colors, insignias and other watermarks of the artists’ choice, but each design must include a description of how and why the design way chosen and what the various shapes and colors represent. This may be done by providing a brief paragraph below the design.

We are using to following websites to help with color, design,

http://www.championsilks.com/index.php

http://www.kentuckyderby.com/

Good news!! Next week ( March 26-30) is our Spring Scholastic Book Fair!! So save up your dimes and nickels and get a good book.

Parents, check out the Scholastic website for information or good book recommendations

Scholastic Book Lists

Scholastic Book Fair Information

Students, teachers, and parents……

Yearbook sales begin Tuesday, February 21st, and run through March 9th!!

Yearbooks will be $10 again this year. Look for flyers coming home next week.

Check out the sites below for information and activities related to President’s Day!!

www.apples4theteacher.com

www.Kaboose.com

President’s Day Home Page

Students,

Take advantage of the awesome resources below to research the topic of your choice.

Google Safe Search

‘Tis the season to be CRAFTY!!

Check out the following sites for some awesome craft ideas for the whole family.

familyfun.go.com/christmas

crafts.kaboose.com

www.marthastewart.com

Great web site for interactive resources:

www.abcya.com

Parents,

Check out Congress For Kids for an excellent guide to elections for students to understand.

Don’t forget to VOTE on Tuesday, November 8th!!

Have a safe Halloween and enjoy these fun, family activites….

Disney Family Fun Halloween

Kaboose Halloween

Family Education Halloween

Primary Games for Halloween

Have you ever wondered why some pictures are more appealing than others? What is it that makes a photo “work”, or “not work”?

One of the main reasons why some pictures are more outstanding than others is because of their strong composition. Careful composition can improve your photographs and make them much more visually appealing. That’s what Southside’s STLP is learning about.

Check out our STLP page to see some of our Digital photos we will be posting later….

One of our resources we are using to help with our digital photography is

www.digitalimagecafe.com

Samples of Alphabet Letter Photography:

http://web.mac.com/suzinole/bevillededgephotography/Alphabet_Letter_Photography.html

http://www.alphabetphotography.com/index.aspx

http://www.alphabetphotos.com/

http://www.alphabetpix.com/