Elementary artwork to be featured at Saluting Our Heroes Luncheon in Salt Lake City

Student artwork from three Park City elementary schools will be featured this month at the Saluting Our Heroes Luncheon at the Grand America on Nov. 15.  The National Ability Center (NAC) and Kimball Art Center (KAC) partner each year for the event.

The Park City Education Foundation and KAC provide grants to three schools for visual arts education: Trailside, McPolin, and Parley’s Park Elementary Schools.  Each school has one art educator, and receives the same lesson plan. Even though instructions are similar, interpretations vary, which make it so dynamic.

The Elementary Visual Arts (EVA) lesson for October featured the art of Romero Britto. Each elementary school student created a Romero Britto inspired drawing for the luncheon.

The luncheon honors military men and women, while building awareness of the needs of returning service members. The event highlights opportunities and resources available in Utah to assist veterans as they transition back to civilian life. This year’s keynote speaker is Martin Frey,  the first person to successfully climb the world’s Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas.

PCHS graduate wins national scholarship

Elizabeth “Liz” Cantlebary, a 2017 Park City High School graduate, was awarded a $5,000scholarship from The School Superintendents

Association, for a video she produced on how she became college, career and life ready beyond a single test score.

Cantlebary was selected based on a 30-second video and an essay. The Twitter-based competition was created to provide students with opportunities to share how high school shaped their post-secondary plans and, more accurately, determine college and career readiness.

Cantlebary, who was also a Sterling Scholar winner in Speech/Theater Arts/Forensics, is attending Cornell University.

View her video here.