The core of Fillmore's philosophy is a belief that all children should receive a skill-based, quality arts education. Fillmore serves over 3,000 DCPS students at two sites:
| Fillmore West | Fillmore East |
| Hearst Hyde Key Ross Stoddert | Garrison Houston Raymond |
| Also serving Ludlow-Taylor, River Terrace & Takoma Ed. Ctr. | |
There are many opportunities for exhibits, concerts, performances, and field trips. Visiting artists provide additional enrichment.
Fillmore also serves the greater metropolitan area through after-school classes and a summer arts camp at the Fillmore West site.
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| after-school classes summer camp |
| Newletter Archives |
| 2011Newsletter.pdf 2010 Newsletter.pdf 2009 Newsletter.pdf 2008 Newsletter.pdf |
Many of the visual arts teachers have started the semester with students creating Asian-inspired landscapes, waterscapes, watercolors and brush paintings. Students created posters for the Cherry Blossom Festival, and we have several Fillmore pieces on display at the Festival through April 16.
We have had several professional musicians from the National Symphony and Catholic University visit the younger students' music classes to share the fiddle, the marimba, the piano and voice.
| Please Put the Following Dates On Your Calendars: | |
| March 12 - 16: | Open House Week - will be 10am to 11am AND 1pm to 2pm each day. Plan to come when your child is here and spend part of each class with them. |
| Friday, May 11: | The Art Show will be from 5pm to 7:30pm in the Fillmore Halls |
| Tuesday, May 15: | The Spring Music Concert for students in strings, band & chorus is at 7pm |
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We encourage you to attend any or all of these events, so you can see our specialized spaces, meet our enthusiastic teachers and learn more about our teaching methods. And another date to remember - April 2-9 SPRING BREAK, is right around the corner. |
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FILLMORE TEACHER In The SPOTLIGHT This Week: |
| MARJA PONKKA-CARPENTER teaches general art to the younger students and sculpture and architecture to the third through fifth grade students. She holds certification in Social Work and a degree in Arts Education.
As part of her degree program, she interned at Fillmore, and then joined the Fillmore staff in Fall 1992.As a sculptor and mixed media artist, Ms. Ponkka-Carpenter exhibits frequently in the Baltimore/Washington area. Her work has been seen at the National Museumof Women in the Arts, Gallery 10, and at U.D.C.Ms. Ponkka-Carpenter loves to work with children, watching freedom of expression come through their work. She encourages them to develop and keep the freshness, and to find a rich and colorful world inside and around them. She wants all children to feel good about themselves and their art work. |
For our new parents here are a few key points:
If you have any questions, please free to contact me!
Katherine Latterner, Principal Email: katherine.latterner@dc.gov; Phone: 202-729-3795Fillmore Arts Center is also a long time member of
The Arts School Network.
As we begin the new school year we are excited to welcome Houston and River Terrace Elementary Schools to the Fillmore East family of schools. We look forward to a wonderful year of creativity with these students, as well as those from Garrison and Raymond Elementary Schools
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