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First place honors in the Eastern Regional North Carolina Association for Scholastic Activities Art Showcase went to a team of Parrott Academy middle school artists. Competing against ten other regional schools, the Parrott students submitted art in 8 categories.
Thursday November 19 ended Parrott Academy’s annual Middle School canned goods drive. The Middle School Council challenged 169 of their classmates in grades six through eight to “stock the cubbies” that line the corridor. Over the past two weeks, the kids have brought in a cornucopia of non-perishables.
First grade art students at Parrott Academy recently painted vivid impressionistic poppies for Veteran’s Day. Art teacher Samantha Rouse helped her students explore the significance of the red poppy as an emblem of sacrifice from the poem “Flanders Field” by John McCrae.
