001So, you're just kind of making a dark eye socket. You should see a bridge of the nose. >> I think it's important to make sure that the learning happening inside [music] the classroom also extends beyond the classroom. So, a big factor of that is if [music] we're in art class and we are making art, it should be seen. Um so, finding opportunities for students to exhibit their work [music] around the school and around um other LCS schools um in [music] the community with local galleries and art centers. Having Miss Merritt as a teacher and just as a person has really pushed me to do more. She's encouraged me to branch out, try different types [music] of like styles and how to really put that into a picture that like others will understand and that will
002really convey the message. Miss Merritt encouraged me heavily [music] to apply to the Governor's School program for artists and I think it was [music] probably one of my best educational experiences in like my entire like educational career. She kept [music] me motivated to get the work done and I feel like I wouldn't have probably made it without her because it was a very long [music] process. My hope for creating opportunities like >> [music] >> exhibitions or community art projects, it's just making them something part of something bigger than [music] themselves and it's nice when you can broaden that worldview just a little bit because [music] you've done something that's outside of the four walls of your classroom. From yearbook, I mean, it's a business class, [music] it's a marketing class, it's photography class and they
003have a budget. I mean, it's not an inexpensive [music] feat to make a 200-plus page yearbook. So, um that type of accountability is [music] uh really important for students to kind of take ownership over the work that they're doing. [music] Yearbook forces you to go out and talk to people that you've never met before and that [music] is definitely a skill that you need to have when working outside of high school. You need to be able to talk to people. I'm like [music] very quiet outside of this and this has helped me to be more confident in the way that I talk to others. Miss Merritt, she's my mentor personally because I feel like >> [music] >> she interacts with us, she interacts with her class, she makes sure that she's checking up on us,
004she's always there for us. You know, she pushes me more [music] to do things that even if I don't want to do it, she pushes me to want to do it. Um I think I'm developing much better communication. Um just between all the [music] people like in the class. Miss Merritt's always like very kind of open about communication. Else is very, you know, empathetic with all the students kind of like wanting to see the best out of all of them. Success, it can't [music] be measured as one thing, right? But it's how are we lifting up our kids and making sure that they're being the best versions of themselves, getting those [music] opportunities out in front of them and letting them just um take, you know, take advantage of them.