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The latest edition of the Willow Glen Foundation’s Impressions e-newsletter is out!
The Willow Glen Foundation has created a monthly e-newsletter geared specifically for parents and teachers of children planning on or considering attending Willow Glen Middle and High School.
The February Edition includes answers to question posed by neighborhood parent.
Originally published in the Willow Glen Resident on January 9, 2009:
Student shark art auction sparks bidding frenzy at Willow Glen High
ByTiffany Carney, Willow Glen Resident
Shark fans citywide swarmed Willow Glen High School last month hoping to outbid the competition for a chance to take home the shark of their choice.
These weren’t, however, the kind of sharks you’d find on the ice — or in the water. One donned SCUBA gear, one looked like a sandwich with “all the fixings” and another looked like it swam straight out of the pages of Where the Wild Things Are.
Each of the 52 sharks was a one-of-a-kind creation by student artists as part of a silent auction to raise funds for the advanced sculpture course at Willow Glen High. The School of Fish art exhibit, held Dec. 16 at the Gene and Mickey Long Center art gallery, sparked a bidding frenzy that raised $2,500, about $1,300 more than organizers had predicted. The highest bid reached $165.
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The Sharks Art project was also featured in our own Impressions Newsletter!