Jackson Township students display their artwork in online art gallery
Jackson, NJ – 7 Jackson Township Schools have participated in Artsonia, an online art gallery in which parents, relatives and friends can browse through their children’s artistic creations in school and have them printed onto a very large selection of gift items from coffee mugs to holiday ornaments to mousepads.
15% of all sales goes directly back to the child’s school in just another way local school teachers are establishing creative revenue streams to compensate in the reduction of state funding our town receives and to offset years of budget cuts by the Board of Education.
Since 2007, nearly 30,000 works of art by Jackson children have gone online in Artsonia’s virtual online art gallery. The gallery now has over 5,000,000 works of art for purchase from students nationwide.
Six of the district’s schools currently participate in this fundraiser. Two of our schools are ranked in the top 5 schools in New Jersey. Remarkably, our very own Howard C. Johnson Elementary School is ranked #1 in New Jersey and 17 Nationwide. while the students at Lucy N. Holman Elementary are ranked #4 in the state and #29 in the nation overall in generating sales and members.
The program allows parents, friends and relatives to purchase artwork on many items including sweatshirts, t-shirts, holiday ornaments, keychains, mousepads and more.
See what our kids have been up to…
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Christa McAuliffe Middle School — 631 artwork published since 11/19/2007 Jackson, NJ |
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Holman Elementary — 11367 artwork published since 8/22/2007 Jackson, NJ |
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Howard C Johnson Elementary School — 14265 artwork published since 10/30/2006 Jackson, NJ |
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Jackson Liberty High School — 656 artwork published since 11/17/2008 Jackson, NJ |
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Jackson Memorial High School — 3486 artwork published since 5/1/2002 Jackson, NJ |
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Ocean County Yam — 170 artwork published since 2/4/2008 Jackson, NJ |
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| Switlik Elementary School — 2362 artwork published since 9/5/2007 |
Here are some sample works of art from district children at Artsonia.com
Kindergarten Sunflowers taught by Lia Thomas. Art by Erin, a kindergarten student at Lucy N. Holman Elementary School.
Mixed Media Landscapes, taught by Megan Genz. Art by Rebecca, a student at Jackson Memorial High School.
Op Art, taught by Karen Blenner. Art by Mary, a student at Johnson Elementary.
Soft Pastel String Instruments taught by Maria Galang. Art by Katie, a Switlik Elementary School Student.
Be sure to visit http://www.artsonia.com/schools/list.asp?city=Jackson&state=NJ to check out the artistic talents of Jackson Township students.
Artsonia is a terrific way for extended family members to view students artwork. Buying their artwork not only pleases the kids, it contributes to their schools, too. Win,win!!