Category: 2014 Gardening Class

Music Class is Jammin’!

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 rachelznerold 2014 Gardening Class, Art Projects, Music Class 2014/15, Uncategorized

The Project HOPE Art Art + Music Lab is alive and thriving, celebrating the joy of song, movement and sound with Haitian children in Port Au Prince. Last November 2014, The Project HOPE Art Team brought down three giant suitcases filled to the brim with donated instruments- ukeleles, guitars, melodicas, horn instruments, a keyboard, recorders and drums- for the students to learn with! The children were thrilled at the sight of the array of instruments, and during the first music class, each student had a chance to hold, play and experiment with each new instrument, and began practicing together on basic drum and recorder tunes. And man! Do these kids have rhythm! Every student is allowed to take home their very own recorder to practice on, while the remaining instruments stay at the art center for everyone to share for the duration of the music class.

The Rythmn and Recycling Workshop, led by artist Rachel Znerold and Haitian musician Gueldy René, and supported by PHA founder Melissa Schilling and PHA Technology Teacher Christine Rosacranse, kicked off the Music Class with back-to-back weekend workshops in late November. Using recycled materials, from t-shirts and trims to bottle caps and buttons, each student constructed a musical costume that made a joyful noise with every stomp, shimmy and shake. The students practiced drawing and painting their favorite instruments, and using tin cans and pebbles, the students even constructed their own handmade percussion instruments, and adorned them all using glitter and paint.

During the second weekend, local musician Gueldy René wrote a new song for the children, who learned the song and dance routine by Rachel Znerold that same afternoon. They students caught on quickly, adding their own flair to each movement, and the very next day, complete with musical costumes and choreographed dance moves, the Music Class performed together for the first time ever at the Project Hope Art Graduation Ceremony for the Gardening Class. PHA Artists Sarah Boll and Liz Ancker were on the scene to create a festive Graduation Party, bursting with the energy of all the people, plants, art, music, and dance! The performance was a great success and the music class was buzzing with the excitement of creating music together.

Now, each Saturday, the students come from orphanages and schools throughout Port Au Prince to the Music Class at The Project HOPE Art Center to be taught by Gueldy, Juré and Winter– it is a weekly chance to escape to a beautiful community center to practice their instruments, learn how to read music, share the joy of song and enjoy a healthy meal together every week. Thanks to our generous donors, Project HOPE Art is able to provide weekly music classes for these students for the next several months, but we need your continued support to help the music and learning grow through the end of the year! If you can help, please DONATE NOW!!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING DONORS WHO HELPED BRING THE MUSIC CLASS TO LIFE!!!!

Our PHA Music Class Team in Haiti: Melissa Schilling, Rachel Znerold, Christine Rosakranse, Sarah Boll, Liz Ancker, Gueldy Rene, Luc Winter, Esnold Juré
Musical Instrument Drive:
DRUMMM– A TON of awesome percussion instruments
Zenzi PR– 2 Ukelele’s, a keyboard, 6 harmonicas, 2 melodicas, music books, metronome, strings, instrument cases
Panic Is Perfect– 3 guitars, a variety of percussion instruments, clarinet
Donor Dinner Contributors: Rara Tou Limen Dance Company, Chef Pierre-Richard Leurbourg, Peter Hudson, Young in the Mountains, Jardiniere, Go Pro Camera, San Francisco Ballet, Melissa Schilling & Fanel Duce, Rachel Znerold, Joy Eisenhauer, Crunch Gym, Nataliya Tyaglo, Duviv Gardens, Becky Borman of Edo Salon, Making The Drop Surf Lessons, Chow Restaurant, , Traci Piper, Adriana Bessa Zumba , Motor Arzt, Blythe’s Botanicals at Community Herbalist, Bonny Doon Vineyards, Beauregard Vineyards, Owen Roe and Rosenthal Consulting Group
Music Class Operating Costs (Teacher Salaries, Food and Transportation for the Students, Facilities Fee): The California Foundation for the Advancement of the Electronic Arts (who sponsored 3 months of classes!!), Left Coast Power Yoga, Carla Tutu of Tutu Tuesday, Ashley and Brian Howell, Jeny Smith of www.sfgreenagent.com, Rose Talbot, Karin and Dick Eberhardt
Supplies: Tutu.com– Tutus, Cleanwell– Hand Sanitizer
All of our AMAZING Project Hope Art Volunteers, Ladies-Arm Wrestlers, Dress-Makers and Supporters!!
Photography: MelissaSchilling.com and PHA teachers

“I can’t find words to explain my gratitude to you, thank you…. Thanks for all the support, I hope when I play, that will make your ears fun!” -Luciano

“Thank you to Rachel, Melissa and Gueldy! With their help now I reading to play guitar.” -Wilka

Help Keep the Music Alive!!! DONATE NOW to Project HOPE Art!

Valedictorians of the Garden Class

September 18, 2014September 19, 2014 winter312 2014 Gardening Class

An interview with the three best students of the gardening class with Esnold Jure.
To visually reflect with us about the last 32 Weeks of our Gardening Class, click here.

Luciano JOSEPH is a teenager from Cite Soleil, Haiti and is a senior at Petion High School. He was referred to the gardening class of Project HOPE Art by an old friend named Occidor, who was aware about the project.
Luciano is a good-natured boy, very attentive and also industrious. I had the chance to interview him, here is what he said about his experience.

“I really love the class and I’m so satisfied for having participated in this program. It’s amazing and very instructive. The most interesting course for me was the compost preparation and I get a lot out of it. I already loved agriculture and when I leave high school I wish to enter at university to study agronomy.
I want to thank all the supporters of Project Hope Art, their energetic manager, especially Melissa SCHILLING for this meaningful project. I ask to keep on supporting us, especially the youth because we are willing to go even further than we can imagine”.

Luciano continues to advise the younger children to keep going to school, believe in themselves and their potential. He believes they should never give up the chance of learning something new so their dreams can come true!

Calherbe SAINT-CLAIR is a teenager from Bois-neuf, Cite soleil and is the third child in a family of four children. He was selected to join the gardening class due to his success in a previous English class of Project HOPE Art, in which he has finished as the Top Student. Here is what Calherbe stated about his experience at the end of the program.

“I’ve already been keen to know about agriculture. I used to plant vegetables at home and used to help others In this domain. therefore I was really interested in attending this class so as to involve myself with more accuracy according to the methods.
This program is meaningful to me. I learn lots of new things mostly about space management. It helps to how to harvest correctly my vegetables. Now I would like to commit myself tom helping others in figuring out how to better manage their environment and become more sensible to the area’s treatment.
I’m thanking Project Hope Art for doing such a good job and I hope they can still work with to help us live up to our potential.
I want to tell the other people to become friends with the environment and always try to learn something that can help in their future life.”

Mayco JEAN-BAPTISTE is living at Cite Soleil and is the last child of his family. He has joined the group thanks to the god-father of one of his older brothers who has seen his intelligence and made him attend the class. Mayco was asked to share his feeling at the end of the course here is what he had to say.

“I did not love gardening before. I did not know if I had any passion for it at all. And my brother’s god-father did not tell me if it was in a gardening class that he signed me up for. But when I started attending the class I finally appreciate it, and I was even considered to be the cleverest student. I haven’t thought if I would become so hooked in such a short time.
Now I want to increase my skills I would like to involve in a long term gardening project.
I want to say thank you to Mimi and all who have committed to make it grow. I invite you to keep us in consideration for it is not over I would not like that we lose what we have already learned.
I want to say, especially to the younger children -that you are capable, just DO NOT SAY NO even though if it is your first reaction. Find a way to say YES and Try the new thing that you are facing.”

August 9th, 2014 – 22th Week of the gardening class

August 22, 2014 winter312 2014 Gardening Class

This Saturday, 22th week of the gardening class. The class becames more and more excited and awesome as we go straight to the end of the course. The students are asked to bring a summary of the program from the begin in to the end and the best tree ones will be selected and presented by his or her redactor on the day of the graduation. To help them out, the garden teacher starts reviewing with them so they could easily do their summary. To end the class, the English teacher reviews with the students the main word and themes, which have been seen all the way through the program.

Key words
– Summary: a concise statement of the main points.

– Graduation: The act or ceremony of delivering diploma to a group of student after achieving an academic degree.

Mo kle
– Rezime: Yon bref diskou kipale de tout gwo Pwen oubyen tem.

– Gradyasyon: Seremo reyalize pou bay diplom ak yon gwoup elev apre yon fomasyon nan yon domenn.

July 12th 2014′ 18th week of the gardening class

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Today to continue with series of planting the gardening class is exclusively taught in practice.
To make the difference between direct and indirect seeding we simultaneously plant different kinds of vegetables in both direct and indirect way.
We also learn how to do soil preparation, for both kind of planting , how to plant when the seeds will be transplanted which is indirect seeding and how to plant when the seeds won’t need to be transplanted.

Key words.
– vegetable: Herbaceous plant grown for an edible part that is usually eaten as part of a meal.
– soil preparation : the process of mixing soil and compost and water it after the cleaning so that it could be ready to receive and grow plants.
– Seed bed : Bed of soil prepared for planting seed.
Mo kle
– Legim: plant fanmi zeb avek yon pati edib ki itilize pou manje nan repa.
– Preparasyon te: se yon pwosesis lew melanje te ak kompos epi wouze apre netwayaj pou te a ka pre pou resevwa ak grandi plant yo
– plat band: timoso te ki prepare pou plante

June 21st 2014, week 15 of the Gardening Class

July 5, 2014July 12, 2014 winter312 2014 Gardening Class

On the 15th week of the gardening class, the students were taught about insecticide. What is an insecticide? How many type of insecticide there insecticide? All those questions were the principal themes that had been discussed in the class. To sum up, the teacher gives to the students a following pattern and procedure so in the future, the students could be able to prepare a natural insecticide. It was meaning ful and very expected, this class.

Key words
– Insect : any of a class of small winged arthropod animals with usually three pairs of legs as adults.

– Neem: a plant scientifically known as Azadrachta-Indica which used to fight against erosion and natural insecticide can be prepared with leaves and grained.

– procedure: a particular way of doing something. A series of steps followed in a regular order.

Mo kle
– Ensek: kelkeswa tibet Volay ki souvan gen sis Janm.

– neem: se yon plant ki rele Azadrachta-India, non syantifik ke yo plante pou pwoteje te kont ewozyon e yo itilize li tou pou fe ensektisid natirel (fey ak grenn nan).

– pwosedi: se yon Cason nomal pou fe yon bagay nan Bon lod.